The first blow fly parasitoid takes a head start in its termite host (Diptera: Calliphoridae, Bengaliinae; Isoptera: Macrotermitidae)

Systematics and Biodiversity

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-30

  Sze, Tsang Wing ^a   Pape, Thomas ^b   Toole, Desmond K ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bengaliinae; Calliphoridae; Parasitism; Termites; Verticia

Indexed keywords

CALLIPHORIDAE; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA; MACROTERMES BARNEYI; MACROTERMITINAE;

EID: 39549104569     PISSN: 14772000     EISSN: 14780933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1477200007002605     Document Type: Article

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