Biology of the parasitoid melittobia (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae)

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 54, Issue , 2009, Pages 251-266

  Matthews, Robert W ^a   González, Jorge M ^b   Matthews, Janice R ^a   Deyrup, Leif D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of the Cumberlands   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Cannibalism; Local mate competition; Pheromone; Polymorphism; Polyphagy

Indexed keywords

APOCRITA; APOIDEA; EULOPHIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; MELITTOBIA; MELITTOBIA ACASTA; MELITTOBIA AUSTRALICA; MELITTOBIA DIGITATA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LIFE CYCLE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; REVIEW; WASP;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; GENETICS, POPULATION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; WASPS;

EID: 50349089772     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ento.54.110807.090440     Document Type: Article

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