Colonization of Fopius ceratitivorus, a newly discovered African egg-pupal parasitoid (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-60

  Lopez, Miguel ^a   Sivinski, John ^b   Rendon, Pedro ^c   Holler, Tim ^c   Bloem, Ken ^d   Copeland, Robert ^e   Trostle, Marcia ^f   Aluja, Martin ^g  

^a Laboratorio La Aurora   (Guatemala)

^b CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^d FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^f TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Biological control; Mass rearing; Medfly

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; PARASITOID; REARING;

CENTRAL AMERICA; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

BRACONIDAE; CAPITATA; CERATITIS; CERATITIS CAPITATA; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FOPIUS; FOPIUS CAUDATUS; FOPIUS CERATITIVORUS; HYMENOPTERA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 1842530443     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2003)086[0053:COFCAN]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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