Brochosome influence on parasitisation efficiency of Homalodisca coagulata (Say) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) egg masses by Gonatocerus ashmeadi Girault (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae)

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 485-496

  Velema, Hans Paul ^a,b   Hemerik, Lia ^b   Hoddle, Mark S ^a   Luck, Robert F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Brochosomes; Egg parasitoid; Glassy winged sharpshooter; Grooming; Proportional hazards model; Survival analysis; Time budget

Indexed keywords

GROOMING; INSECT; OVIPOSITION; PARASITISM; PARASITOID; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURVIVAL; WASP;

ARTHROPODA; CICADELLIDAE; GONATOCERUS ASHMEADI; HEMIPTERA; HOMALODISCA COAGULATA; HYMENOPTERA; MYMARIDAE;

EID: 33745195659     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0307-6946.2005.00731.x     Document Type: Article

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