Mate location and the onset of sexual responsiveness in the parasitoid wasp Spalangia endius (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1390-1395

  King, B H ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mate location; Parasitoid wasp; Receptivity; Sexual development; Spalangia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BURROW; EMERGENCE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MATE LOCATION; PARASITOID; PEST SPECIES; WASP;

ANIMALIA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; PTEROMALIDAE; SPALANGIA; SPALANGIA ENDIUS;

EID: 33845238024     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2006)35[1390:MLATOO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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