Attraction of Prorops nasuta (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae), a parasitoid of the coffee berry borer (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), to host-associated olfactory cues

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 166-171

  Chiu Alvarado, Pilar ^a,b   Barrera, Juan F ^a   Rojas, Julio C ^a  

^a EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dust frass; Ectoparasitoid; Host searching; Semiochemicals

Indexed keywords

COFFEE; ECTOPARASITE; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; LABORATORY METHOD; LARVA; OLFACTORY CUE; PARASITOID; SEMIOCHEMICAL; WASP;

BETHYLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; HYPOTHENEMUS HAMPEI; PROROPS NASUTA;

EID: 58949101060     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/008.102.0119     Document Type: Article

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