Life history of Piocoris varius (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae) in Ibaraki and Chiba, Japan

Japanese Journal of Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 7-12

  Mukawa, Shigeyuki ^a   Goto, Chie ^a   Shimoda, Takeshi ^a   Kobori, Youichi ^a   Murata, Mika ^a   Suzuki, Yoshito ^a   Yano, Eizi ^a,c   Oida, Hiroshi ^b   Kadono, Fujio ^b  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^b Chiba Prefectural Agriculture Research Center   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR WESTERN REGION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Head capsule width; Life history; Piocoris varius; Stage composition; Voltinism

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; HETEROPTERA; LYGAEIDAE;

EID: 33645703772     PISSN: 00214914     EISSN: 13476068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/jjaez.2006.7     Document Type: Article

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