Intraspecific competition between adult females of the hyperparasitoid Trichomalopsis apanteloctena (Hymenoptera: Chelonidae), for domination of Cotesia kariyai (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) cocoons

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 172-180

  Nakamatsu, Y ^a   Harvey, Jeffrey A ^b   Tanaka, T ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Competition; Idiobiont; Occupation; Ovipositional resource

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BODY MASS; COCOON; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; OVIPOSITION; PARASITOID; SUPERPARASITISM; WASP;

BRACONIDAE; COTESIA KARIYAI; HYMENOPTERA; TRICHOMALOPSIS APANTELOCTENA;

EID: 58949097689     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/008.102.0120     Document Type: Article

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