Lifespan and patterns of accumulation and mobilization of nutrients in the sugar-fed phorid fly, Pseudacteon tricuspis

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 212-224

  Fadamiro, Henry Y ^a   Chen, Li ^a   Onagbola, Ebenezer O ^a   Graham, Lawrence ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthrone tests; Carbohydrate; Glycogen; Lipid; Longevity; Metabolism; Phoridae; Pseudacteon tricuspis; Red imported fire ant; Sugar feeding

Indexed keywords

FLY; LONGEVITY; METABOLISM; NUTRIENT; SURVIVAL;

FORMICIDAE; PHORIDAE; PSEUDACTEON TRICUSPIS; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 16844368570     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: 13653032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2005.00449.x     Document Type: Article

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