Prevalence of inherited male-killing microorganisms in Japanese population of ladybird beetle Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 96-99

  Nakamura, Kayo ^a   Ueno, Hideki ^b   Miura, Kazuki ^a,c  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR WESTERN REGION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Harmonia axyridis; Ladybird beetle; Male killing; Prevalence; Spiroplasma

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BEETLE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MALE-KILLING; PARASITE PREVALENCE;

ASIA; CHUBU; CHUGOKU; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; FUKUYAMA; HIROSHIMA [CHUGOKU]; HONSHU; JAPAN; MUIKAMACHI; NIIGATA; WORLD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HARMONIA AXYRIDIS; SPIROPLASMA;

EID: 12444304482     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2005)098[0096:POIMMI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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