Olfactory conditioning in mate searching by the parasitoid Aphidius ervi (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 371-377

  Villagra, C A ^a,b   Vasquez R A ^a   Niemeyer, H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditioned place preference; Host fidelity; Insect sexual learning

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA; APHID; CONDITIONING; COPULATION; COURTSHIP; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HOST PLANT; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MATE LOCATION; OLFACTION; PARASITOID; WASP; WHEAT;

ALFALFA; ANIMAL; APHID; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HYMENOPTERA; LEARNING; MALE; ODOR; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WHEAT;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; FEMALE; HYMENOPTERA; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; ODORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SMELL; TRITICUM;

APHIDIDAE; APHIDIUS ERVI; BRACONIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VESPOIDEA;

EID: 47649091428     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: 14752670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007485308005671     Document Type: Article

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