Host and habitat use by parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) of house fly and stable fly (Diptera: Muscidae) pupae

Great Lakes Entomologist

Volumn 36, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 179-190

  Olbrich, D L ^a   King, B H ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; MUSCA DOMESTICA; MUSCIDAE; MUSCIDIFURAX; PTEROMALIDAE; SPALANGIA; SPALANGIA ENDIUS; SPALANGIA NIGROAENEA; STOMOXYS CALCITRANS;

EID: 12444282783     PISSN: 00900222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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