Behavior and development of Pseudacteon curvatus (Diptera: Phoridae) varies according to the social form of its host Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in its native range

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 198-206

  Chirino, Mónica G ^a   Gilbert, Lawrence E ^a,b   Folgarait, Patricia J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE QUILMES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Argentina; Biological control; Fire ants; Parasitoid; Social form

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; FLY; LABORATORY METHOD; LIFE HISTORY; OVIPOSITION; POLYGYNY; RARITY; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SURVIVORSHIP; WORKER CASTE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FLY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DIPTERA; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MALE; OVIPOSITION; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA;

BORGMEIER; DIPTERA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PHORIDAE; PSEUDACTEON CURVATUS; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 61849146707     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/022.038.0125     Document Type: Article

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