Wolbachia in wasps parasitic on filth flies with emphasis on Spalangia cameroni

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 123-135

  Kyei Poku, G K ^b   Giladi, M ^c   Coghlin, P ^a   Mokady, O ^c   Zchori Fein, E ^d   Floate, K D ^a  

^a LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biological control; Developmental time; Diptera; Host fitness; Hymenoptera; Musca domestica; Muscidae; Pteromalidae; Stomoxys calcitrans; Survey; Symbionts

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; FLY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PARASITISM; PHYLOGENETICS; WASP;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; MUSCA DOMESTICA; MUSCIDAE; NASONIA VITRIPENNIS; PTEROMALIDAE; SPALANGIA CAMERONI; STOMOXYS CALCITRANS; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 33750053556     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-8703.2006.00469.x     Document Type: Article

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