Convergence of chemical mimicry in a guild of aphid predators

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-51

  Lohman, David J ^a   Liao, Qing ^b   Pierce, Naomi E ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical camouflage; Chemical mimicry; Cuticular hydrocarbons; Life history; Myrmecophily; Pheromone; Predation; Semiochemical; Tritrophic interaction; Trophobiont

Indexed keywords

APHID; HONEYDEW; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; NATURAL ENEMY; PREDATOR; SEMIOCHEMICAL;

APHIDIDAE; BETULACEAE; CHRYSOPA SLOSSONAE; CHRYSOPIDAE; DIPTERA; FORMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYCAENIDAE; NEUROPTERA; PROCIPHILUS TESSELLATUS; SYRPHIDAE; SYRPHUS RIBESII;

EID: 33646468424     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0307-6946.2006.00758.x     Document Type: Article

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