Offspring performance in the pupal parasitoid Pimpla (=Coccygomimus) luctuosa (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) as influenced by host age and size

Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 321-329

  Ueno, Takatoshi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCCYGOMIMUS LUCTUOSA; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; PIMPLA; PIMPLA LUCTUOSA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 10044291718     PISSN: 00236152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5109/4592     Document Type: Article

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