Host ranges of six solitary filth fly parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae, Chalcididae) from Florida, Eurasia, Morocco, and Brazil

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 405-412

  Geden, Christopher J ^a   Moon, Roger D ^a,b   Butler, Jerry F ^a,c  

^a CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dirhinus himalayanus; Muscidifurax raptor; Spalangia cameroni; Spalangia endius; Spalangia nigroaenea

Indexed keywords

FLY; HOST RANGE; HOST USE; LABORATORY METHOD; PARASITOID; SEX RATIO;

AFRICA; BRAZIL; EURASIA; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CHALCIDIDAE; DIPTERA; DIRHINUS HIMALAYANUS; HAEMATOBIA IRRITANS; HYDROTAEA AENESCENS; HYMENOPTERA; MUSCA DOMESTICA; MUSCIDAE; MUSCIDIFURAX RAPTOR; PTEROMALIDAE; RAPTORES; SARCOPHAGA BULLATA; SARCOPHAGIDAE; SPALANGIA CAMERONI; SPALANGIA ENDIUS; SPALANGIA NIGROAENEA; STOMOXYS CALCITRANS;

EID: 33750215899     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-35.2.405     Document Type: Article

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