Role of egg-laying experience in avoidance of superparasitism by fruit fly parasitoid Fopius arisanus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 656-663

  Wang, Xin Geng ^a,b   Messing, Russell H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA   (United States)

Author keywords

Host discrimination; Learning; Oviposition behavior; Tephritidae

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; EGG PRODUCTION; FLY; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; OVIPOSITION; PARASITOID; SUPERPARASITISM; WASP;

BRACONIDAE; CERATITIS CAPITATA; DIPTERA; FOPIUS ARISANUS; HYMENOPTERA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 44849084686     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2008)101[656:ROEEIA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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