Geographic distribution, host fruit, and parasitoids of African fruit fly pests Ceratitis anonae, Ceratitis cosyra, Ceratitis fasciventris, and Ceratitis rosa (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Kenya

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 261-278

  Copeland, Robert S ^a,b   Wharton, Robert A ^a   Luke, Quentin ^c   De Meyer, Marc ^d   Lux, Slawomir ^b   Zenz, Nikolaus ^b   Machera, Peris ^b   Okumu, Millicent ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^c INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^d ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cultivated; Fopius; Indigenous; Opiinae; Psyttalia

Indexed keywords

CROP PEST; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HOST PLANT; PARASITOID;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANACARDIACEAE; ANNONACEAE; BRACONIDAE; CERATITIS; CERATITIS ANONAE; CERATITIS CAPITATA; CERATITIS COSYRA; CERATITIS FASCIVENTRIS; CERATITIS ROSA; DIPTERA; FOPIUS; MANGIFERA INDICA; OPIINAE; PSIDIUM GUAJAVA; PSYTTALIA; SAPOTACEAE; SCLEROCARYA BIRREA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 33750915080     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2006)099[0261:GDHFAP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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