Parasitoid-induced mortality of Araneus omnicolor (Araneae, Araneidae) by Hymenoepimecis sp. (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) in southeastern Brazil

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 223-227

  Gonzaga, Marcelo O ^a   Sobczak, Jober F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Araneus omnicolor; Hymenoepimecis sp.; Ovipositing behavior

Indexed keywords

COCOON; HOST PREFERENCE; MORTALITY; OVIPOSITION; PARASITISM; PARASITOID; PUPATION; SPIDER; SPIDER WEB; WASP;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; EGG; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; SPIDER; SPIDER BITE;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HYMENOPTERA; SPIDERS;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

ARANEAE; ARANEIDAE; ARANEUS; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; LEUCAUGE ARGYRA;

EID: 33847172714     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-006-0177-z     Document Type: Article

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