Gregarious emergence of Macrostomion sumatranum (Hymenoptera: Braconidae; Rogadinae) from the mummified, full-grown larvae of Theretra silhetensis (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)

Entomological Science

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 131-132

  Maeto, Kaoru ^a   Arakaki, Norio ^b  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR KYUSHU OKINAWA REGION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colocasia; Japan; Koinobiont; Local mate competition; Parasitoid; Sex ratio; Taro

Indexed keywords

BRACONIDAE; COLOCASIA (MOTH); COLOCASIA ESCULENTA; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; ROGADINAE; SPHINGIDAE; THERETRA SILHETENSIS;

EID: 33845436302     PISSN: 13438786     EISSN: 14798298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8298.2005.00107.x     Document Type: Article

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