Life history of the tick parasitoid Ixodiphagus hookeri (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) in Kenya

Biological Control

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 114-121

  Takasu, Keiji ^a   Nakamura, Satoshi ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amblyomma variegatum; Biological control; Encyrtidae; Host searching; Ixodidae; Ixodiphagus hookeri; Life history; Parasitoid

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA VARIEGATUM; BOS; ENCYRTIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; IXODIPHAGUS HOOKERI;

EID: 45849084646     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2008.04.013     Document Type: Article

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