Bionomics of Orasema simplex (Hymenoptera: Eucharitidae), a parasitoid of Solenopsis fire ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Argentina

Biological Control

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 204-209

  Varone, L ^a   Briano, J ^a  

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

Author keywords

Biological control; Fire ants; Orasema simplex; Solenopsis invicta; Solenopsis richteri

Indexed keywords

EUCHARITIDAE; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; ORASEMA; SOLENOPSIS; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA; SOLENOPSIS RICHTERI;

EID: 58149123352     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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