Infestation of Pyemotes tritici (acari: Pyemotidae) on Melipona colimana (hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponinae): A case study;Infestación de pyemotes tritici (acari: Pyemotidae) en Melipona colimana (hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponinae): Estudio de caso

Agrociencia

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 525-528

  Macías Macías, José O ^a   Otero Colina, Gabriel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^b Colegio de Postgraduados ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Melipona colimana; Pyemotes tritici parasitoid

Indexed keywords

ACARI; APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; COLEOPTERA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MELIPONA; MELIPONINAE; PASSALIDAE; PYEMOTES TRITICI; PYEMOTIDAE;

EID: 23344440532     PISSN: 14053195     EISSN: 14053195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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