Influence of low humidity, Pseudacteon flies (Diptera: Phoridae), and competition by Solenopsis xyloni on Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1037-1048

  Ramirez II, Ricardo A ^a,b   Thompson, David C ^a   Remmenga, Marta D ^a,c  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arid environment; Biocontrol; Fire ants; Interspecific competition; Phorid flies

Indexed keywords

ANT; FITNESS; FLY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HUMIDITY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PARASITOID; SURVIVAL;

DONA ANA COUNTY; NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BORGMEIER; DIPTERA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; PHORIDAE; PSEUDACTEON (DIPTERAN FLY); PSEUDACTEON TRICUSPIS; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA; SOLENOPSIS XYLONI;

EID: 33750220323     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-35.4.1037     Document Type: Article

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