Activity patterns and parasitism rates of fire ant-decapitating flies (Diptera: Phoridae: Pseudacteon spp.) in their native Argentina

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 539-550

  Calcaterra, Luis A ^a   Delgado, Alicia ^b   Tsutsui, Neil D ^c  

^a USDA ARS South American Biological Control Laboratory   (Argentina)

^b The Conservation Land Trust Argentina   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Climate; Phenology; Solenopsis invicta; Species relationships

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ANT; CLIMATE VARIATION; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; PARASITISM; PHENOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ARGENTINA; CORRIENTES; SOUTH AMERICA;

BORGMEIER; DIPTERA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PHORIDAE; PSEUDACTEON (DIPTERAN FLY); PSEUDACTEON LITORALIS; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 44849088971     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2008)101[539:APAPRO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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