Longevity and fecundity of Metamasius quadrilineatus Champion (Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae) on a natural bromeliad host in the laboratory

Coleopterists Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 264-270

  Suazo, Alonzo ^a   Pacheco, Diego Pú ^b   Cave, Ronald D ^c   Frank, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b ZAMORANO UNIVERSITY   (Honduras)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; EGG PRODUCTION; FECUNDITY; LONGEVITY; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SURVIVORSHIP;

CATOPSIS; COLEOPTERA; DRYOPHTHORINAE; METAMASIUS; METAMASIUS CALLIZONA; TACHINIDAE;

EID: 33751558805     PISSN: 0010065X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1649/903.1     Document Type: Article

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