Behaviour and development of Elasmosoma sp. (Neoneurinae: Braconidae: Hymenoptera), an endoparasite of Formica ants (Formicidae: Hymenoptera)

Parasitology

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 521-531

  Poinar Jr , G ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant parasitism; Braconidae; Elasmosoma sp.; Neoneurinae

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ANT; ANUS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRACONIDAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ELASMOSOMA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FORMICA OBSCURIVENTRIS; HABITAT QUALITY; HEAD; HOST SELECTION; HYMENOPTERA; LARVA; MANDIBLE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NEONEURINAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; SEROSA; TAIL; WASP;

ABDOMEN; ANIMALS; ANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; OREGON; WASPS;

ARACHNIDA; BRACONIDAE; CLIVIA; ELASMOSOMA; FORMICA; FORMICA OBSCURIVENTRIS CLIVIA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; NEONEURINAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 2542474427     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182004004809     Document Type: Article

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