Genetic and physiological variation among sexual and parthenogenetic populations of Asobara japonica (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), a larval parasitoid of drosophilid flies

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 171-178

  Murata, Yusuke ^a   Ideo, Shinsuke ^b   Watada, Masayoshi ^b   Mitsui, Hideyuki ^a   Kimura, Masahito T ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asobara japonica; Climatic adaptation; COI; Cold tolerance; Diapause; Drosophila; Genetic variation; Oviposition preference; Parasitism; Preimaginal period

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; COLD TOLERANCE; DIAPAUSE; FLY; GENETIC VARIATION; LARVA; OVIPOSITION; PARASITE; PARTHENOGENESIS; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

ASOBARA; BRACONIDAE; DROSOPHILIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; JAPONICA;

EID: 70049115223     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2009.020     Document Type: Article

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