Occurrence of Wolbachia in Brazilian samples of Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tephritidae);Ocorrência de Wolbachia em amostras Brasileiras da mosca-do-mediterrâneo, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Neotropical Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1013-1015

  Rocha, Lincoln S ^a,b   Mascarenhas, Rodrigo O ^a   Perondini, André L P ^a   Selivon, Denise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Endosymbiont; Medfly

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CERATITIS CAPITATA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; TEPHRITIDAE; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 35648941260     PISSN: 1519566X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1519-566X2005000600020     Document Type: Note

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