Temporary host paralysis and avoidance of self-superparasitism in the solitary endoparasitoid Meteorus pulchricornis

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 250-255

  Chau, Nguyen Ngoc Bao ^a   Maeto, Kaoru ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Braconidae; Host discrimination; Host movement; Hymenoptera; Lepidoptera; Multiple oviposition; Noctuidae; Spodoptera litura

Indexed keywords

ENDOPARASITE; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; OVIPOSITION; PARASITOID; SUPERPARASITISM; VISUAL CUE;

BRACONIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; METEORUS PULCHRICORNIS; NOCTUIDAE; SPODOPTERA LITURA;

EID: 68949114355     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2009.00894.x     Document Type: Article

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