Mate finding via a trail sex pheromone by Aphytis melinus DeBach (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) males

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 515-525

  Bernal, Julio S ^a   Luck, Robert F ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Airborne; Contact; Mating; Parasitoid; Substrate borne

Indexed keywords

APHELINIDAE; APHYTIS MELINUS; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 35148840659     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10905-007-9092-1     Document Type: Article

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