Competitive interaction between larvae of Lucilia sericata (Meigen) and Chrysomya albiceps (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Calliphoridae)

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1001-1010

  Kheirallah, A M ^a   Tantawi, T I ^a   Aly, A H ^a   El Moaty, Z A ^a  

^a Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Chrysomya albiceps; Competition; Culture substrate; Larvae; Lucilia sericata

Indexed keywords

CALLIPHORIDAE; CHRYSOMYA ALBICEPS; DIPTERA; LUCILIA SERICATA;

EID: 34247153536     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2007.1001.1010     Document Type: Article

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