Survey of Solenopsis fire ants and their parasitoid flies (Diptera: Phoridae: Pseudacteon) in Central Chile and Central Western Argentina

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 512-521

  Calcaterra, Luis A ^a   Vander Meer, Robert K ^b   Pitts, James P ^c   Livore, Juan P ^a   Tsutsui, Neil D ^d  

^a USDA ARS South American Biological Control Laboratory   (Argentina)

^b CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Fire ants; Geographical distribution; Pseudacteon obtusus; Solenopsis gayi

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; FLY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INTERSEXUAL INTERACTION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PARASITOID;

ARGENTINA; CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

BORGMEIER; DIPTERA; PHORIDAE; PSEUDACTEON (DIPTERAN FLY); PSEUDACTEON OBTUSUS; SOLENOPSIS; SOLENOPSIS GAYI; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS QUINQUECUSPIS; TACHINIDAE;

EID: 34447581085     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2007)100[512:SOSFAA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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