Development of Pseudacteon obtusus (Diptera: Phoridae) on Solenopsis invicta and Solenopsis richteri fire ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 308-316

  Folgarait, Patricia J ^a   Chirino, Monica G ^a   Wilson Patrock, Richard J ^a,b   Gilbert, Lawrence E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE QUILMES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Argentina; Biological control; Developmental times; Fire ants; Parasitoid

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; HOST SPECIFICITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PARASITOID; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE;

BORGMEIER; DIPTERA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PHORIDAE; PSEUDACTEON OBTUSUS; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA; SOLENOPSIS RICHTERI;

EID: 16844377004     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-34.2.308     Document Type: Article

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