Immature stages of Fopius arisanus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in Bactrocera dorsalis (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 164-168

  Rocha, Kathy L ^a   Mangine, Thomas ^b   Harris, E J ^b   Lawrence, P O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Agriculture Research Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Braconid wasp; Egg pupal parasitoid; Tephritid fruit fly host

Indexed keywords

PARASITOID;

BACTROCERA DORSALIS; BRACONIDAE; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FOPIUS ARISANUS; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; TEPHRITIDAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 3042676623     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2004)087[0164:ISOFAH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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