Prevalence of the parasite Strepsiptera in Polistes as detected by dissection of immatures

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 62-68

  Hughes, D P ^a   Beani, L ^b   Turillazzi, S ^b   Kathirithamby, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Encapsulation; Parasitism; Polistes; Strepsiptera; Xenos

Indexed keywords

HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITE INTENSITY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; WASP;

HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; POLISTES; POLISTES CARNIFEX; POLISTES DOMINULUS; POLISTES FUSCATUS PALLIPES; POLISTES GALLICUS; STREPSIPTERA; VESPIDAE; XENOS;

EID: 0346034941     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000400300010     Document Type: Article

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