Distributions of lesser mealworm (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in litter of a compacted earth floor broiler house in subtropical Queensland, Australia

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1136-1146

  Lambkin, Trevor A ^a   Kopittke, Rosemary A ^a   Rice, Steven J ^a   Bartlett, Justin S ^a   Zalucki, Myron P ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alphitobius diaperinus; Darkling beetle; Insect pest; Poultry litter; Tenebrionidae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEETLE; BUILDING; CHICKEN; DISEASE CARRIER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT CONTROL; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; CHICKENS; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; HOUSING, ANIMAL; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; POPULATION DENSITY; QUEENSLAND;

ALPHITOBIUS DIAPERINUS; COLEOPTERA; GALLUS GALLUS; HEXAPODA; TENEBRIONIDAE;

EID: 34548164794     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493(2007)100[1136:DOLMCT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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