Filth fly parasitoids on dairy farms in Ontario and Quebec, Canada

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 407-417

  Gibson, G A P ^a   Floate, K D ^b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; FLY; NATURAL ENEMY; PARASITOID; PEST CONTROL;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; QUEBEC;

APHAERETA; APHAERETA PALLIPES; BRACONIDAE; DIPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; MUSCA DOMESTICA; MUSCIDAE; MUSCIDIFURAX; MUSCIDIFURAX RAPTOR; NASONIA VITRIPENNIS; PACHYCREPOIDEUS VINDEMIAE; PHYGADEUON; PHYGADEUON FUMATOR; PTEROMALIDAE; RAPTORES; SPALANGIA; SPALANGIA CAMERONI; SPALANGIA DROSOPHILAE; SPALANGIA ENDIUS; SPALANGIA HAEMATOBIAE; SPALANGIA NIGRA; SPALANGIA NIGROAENEA; SPALANGIA SUBPUNCTATA; STOMOXYS CALCITRANS; TRICHOMALOPSIS; TRICHOMALOPSIS DUBIA; TRICHOMALOPSIS VIRIDESCENS; UROLEPIS RUFIPES;

EID: 3142713948     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/n03-006     Document Type: Article

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