Philornis fasciventris (Wulp) (Diptera: Muscidae): Description of the male, larva and puparium, with notes on biology and host association

Neotropical Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 889-893

  Couri, Márcia S ^a,b   Murphy, Troy G ^c   Hoebeke, Richard ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b CNPq

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Host relation; Immature; Morphology; New record

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; HISTOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INSECT; LARVA; MALE; MUSCIDAE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LARVA; MALE; MUSCIDAE; PUPA;

DIPTERA; EUMOMOTA SUPERCILIOSA; MOMOTIDAE; MUSCIDAE; PHILORNIS;

EID: 41449116793     PISSN: 1519566X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1519-566X2007000600009     Document Type: Article

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