Development of Pseudacteon nocens (diptera: phoridae) on Solenopsis invicta and Solenopsis richteri fire ants (hymenoptera: formicidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 295-307

  Folgarait, Patricia J ^a   Wilson Patrock, Richard J ^a,b   Gilbert, Lawrence E ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE QUILMES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Argentina; Biological control; Biotype; Body size; Parasitoid

Indexed keywords

BORGMEIER; DIPTERA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PHORIDAE; PSEUDACTEON (DIPTERAN FLY); SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA; SOLENOPSIS RICHTERI;

EID: 33750399919     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/99.2.295     Document Type: Article

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