Interference of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with biological control of the vine mealybug Planococcus ficus (Signoret) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)

Biological Control

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 180-185

  Mgocheki, Nyembezi ^a   Addison, Pia ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anagyrus sp.; Anoplolepis steingroeveri; Ant species; Coccidoxenoides perminutus; Crematogaster peringueyi; Linepithema humile; Mortality; Parasitism; Trophobiosis

Indexed keywords

ANAGYRUS; ANOPLOLEPIS STEINGROEVERI; COCCIDOXENOIDES PERMINUTUS; CREMATOGASTER PERINGUEYI; FORMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE; PLANOCOCCUS (INSECT); PLANOCOCCUS FICUS; PSEUDOCOCCIDAE;

EID: 62549141750     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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