Host specificity of four Pseudacteon spp. (Diptera: Phoridae), parasitoids of fire ants in Argentina (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 462-468

  Estrada, Catalina ^a   Patrock, Richard J W ^a   Folgarait, Patricia J ^b   Gilbert, Lawrence E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE QUILMES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Biological control; Parasitism; Pseudacteon; Solenopsis geminata; Solenopsis invicta

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; FLY; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITISM; PARASITOID;

ARGENTINA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

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

EID: 33847125793     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2006)89[462:HSOFPS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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