Survivorship of immature stages of Eurypedus nigrosignatus Boheman (chrysomelidae: CASSIDINAE: Physoxotini) in Central Panama

Coleopterists Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 489-500

  Gómez, Nélida E ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; EGG PREDATION; HOST PLANT; LARVA; NATURAL ENEMY; PARASITISM; PUPA; SPIDER; SURVIVORSHIP;

CENTRAL AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

ARACHNIDA; ARANEAE; BORAGINACEAE; CHALCIDIDAE; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CORDIA; CORDIA CURASSAVICA; DIPTERA; EURYPEDUS; HETEROPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; PENTATOMIDAE; REDUVIIDAE; TACHINIDAE;

EID: 33746530557     PISSN: 0010065X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1649/634     Document Type: Review

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