Effect of host age and size on offspring sex ratio in the pupal parasitoid Pimpla (=Coccygomimus) luctuosa (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)

Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 399-405

  Ueno, Takatoshi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; PIMPLA LUCTUOSA; PIMPLINAE;

EID: 27744574420     PISSN: 00236152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5109/4653     Document Type: Article

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