Hymenopterous parasitoids of house fly and stable fly puparia in Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick, Canada

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 748-750

  Noronha, C ^a   Gibson, G A P ^a   Floate, K D ^b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAIRY FARMING; EMERGENCE; FLY; PARASITISM; PARASITOID; PUPA; WASP;

CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK; NORTH AMERICA; PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND [CANADA];

APHAERETA PALLIPES; BRACONIDAE; DIPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; MUSCA DOMESTICA; MUSCIDAE; MUSCIDIFURAX RAPTOR; PHYGADEUON FUMATOR; PTEROMALIDAE; RAPTORES; SPALANGIA CAMERONI; SPALANGIA NIGRA; SPALANGIA SUBPUNCTATA; STOMOXYS CALCITRANS; TRICHOMALOPSIS; UROLEPIS RUFIPES;

EID: 34948867314     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/n06-071     Document Type: Article

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