Geographical distributions and host associations of larval parasitoids of frugivorous Drosophilidae in Japan

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 41, Issue 25-28, 2007, Pages 1731-1738

  Mitsui, Hideyuki ^a   Van Achterberg, Kees ^b   Nordlander, Göran ^c   Kimura, Masahito T ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Braconidae; Drosophilidae; Figitidae; Geographic distribution; Host association; Parasitism

Indexed keywords

FLY; FRUGIVORY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HOST USE; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; LARVA; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

ALYSIINAE; ASOBARA; BRACONIDAE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILIDAE; EUCOILINAE; FIGITIDAE; GANASPIS; GANASPIS XANTHOPODA; JAPONICA; LEPTOPILINA; LEPTOPILINA HETEROTOMA; LEPTOPILINA VICTORIAE; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 34548324689     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930701504797     Document Type: Article

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