Diapause and overwintering of the hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 189-200

  Hondelmann, Peter ^a   Poehling, Hans Michael ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adult diapause; Conservation biological control; Diptera; Fat content; Migration; Seasonal synchronization; Syrphidae

Indexed keywords

APHID; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DAY LENGTH; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIAPAUSE; FAT RESERVE; FLY; HYPERTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; LOW TEMPERATURE; MORTALITY; OVERWINTERING; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONALITY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; HANNOVER; LOWER SAXONY;

APHIDIDAE; DIPTERA; EPISYRPHUS BALTEATUS; HEXAPODA; SYRPHIDAE;

EID: 34447295901     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2007.00568.x     Document Type: Article

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