Biology of Gonatocerus tuberculifemur (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), an egg parasitoid of the sharpshooter, Tapajosa rubromarginata (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 67-71

  Virla, Eduardo G ^a   Logarzo, Guillermo A ^b   Jones, Walker A ^b   Triapitsyn, Serguei ^c  

^a PLANTA PILOTO DE PROCESOS INDUSTRIALES MICROBIOLÓGICOS PROIMI CONICET   (Argentina)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Bionomics; Egg parasitoid; Glassy winged sharpshooter; Gonatocerus; Homalodisca coagulata; Mymaridae

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CICADELLIDAE; GONATOCERUS; HEMIPTERA; HOMALODISCA COAGULATA; HYMENOPTERA; MYMARIDAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 18044379358     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2005)088[0067:BOGTHM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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