A finely tuned strategy adopted by an egg parasitoid to exploit chemical traces from host adults

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1825-1831

  Salerno, G ^a   Frati, F ^a   Conti, E ^a   De Pasquale, C ^b   Peri, E ^b   Colazza, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arrestment response; Egg parasitoid; Indirect host related cues; Murgantia histrionica; Trissolcus brochymenae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHEMISTRY; COPULATION; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; HETEROPTERA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LIMB; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; WASP;

ANIMALS; COPULATION; CUES; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HETEROPTERA; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MALE; OVIPOSITION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; WASPS;

MURGANTIA HISTRIONICA; SCELIONIDAE; TRISSOLCUS; TRISSOLCUS BROCHYMENAE;

EID: 66749156454     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.028308     Document Type: Article

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