Behaviour: Use of plant resin by a bee assassin bug, Apiomerus flaviventris (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 320-326

  Choe, Dong Hwan ^a   Rust, Michael K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anza Borrego Desert State Park; Brittlebush; Feeding deterrent; Forelius pruinosus; Linepithema humile

Indexed keywords

ANT; ANTIFEEDANT; BEE; BIOASSAY; OMNIVORY; PERENNIAL PLANT; PREDATOR CONTROL; RESIN;

ANZA; CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

APIOMERUS FLAVIVENTRIS; APOIDEA; ASTERACEAE; ENCELIA; ENCELIA FARINOSA; FORELIUS PRUINOSUS; FORMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE; REDUVIIDAE;

EID: 34047150372     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2007)100[320:UOPRBA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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