Sexual dimorphism and the impact of temperature on the pupal and adult stages of Sepedon spinipes spinipes, a potential biological control agent of fascioliasis

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 291-301

  McDonnell, R J ^a   Mulkeen, C J ^a   Gormally, M J ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Biocontrol; Diptera; Fecundity; Liver fluke; Mass rearing; Prey density effects; Pupae; Sciomyzidae; Temperature effects; Trematoda

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; INTERMEDIATE HOST; PARASITE CONTROL; REARING; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SNAIL; TEMPERATURE;

DIPTERA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; GASTROPODA; HEPATICA; LYMNAEIDAE; PARALICHTHYS DENTATUS; PULMONATA; SCIOMYZIDAE; SEPEDON; SEPEDON SPINIPES; TREMATODA;

EID: 18844421619     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2005.00267.x     Document Type: Article

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