Description and behavioural biology of two Ufens species (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae), egg parasitoids of Homalodisca species (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) in southern California

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 275-288

  Al Wahaibi, A K ^a,b   Owen, A K ^a   Morse, J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Biological control; Chalcidoidea; Eclosion; Homalodisca; Host location; Leafhoppers; Male aggression; Mating behaviour; New species; Searching behaviour; Swarming; Taxonomy; Ufens

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; EGG PARASITOID; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; EGG LAYING; HEMIPTERA; HISTOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MORPHOMETRICS; OBSERVATION; OOCYTE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME; UNITED STATES; WASP;

AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CALIFORNIA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; HEMIPTERA; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; OBSERVATION; OVIPOSITION; OVUM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; WASPS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CHALCIDOIDEA; CICADELLIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HOMALODISCA; HYMENOPTERA; NEARCTIC; TRICHOGRAMMATIDAE;

EID: 20444484192     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BER2004355     Document Type: Article

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