Host age and parasitism by Tiphodytes gerriphagus (hymenoptera: scelionidae), an egg parasitoid of water striders (heteroptera: gerridae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 681-685

  Sousa, João M ^a   Spence, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Egg; Gerridae; Host age; Scelionidae; Tiphodytes gerriphagus

Indexed keywords

EID: 22944435549     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2001)094[0681:HAAPBT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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