Comparison of the host searching and oviposition behaviors of the Tephritid (Diptera) parasitoids Aganaspis pelleranoi and Odontosema anastrephae (Hymenoptera: Figitidae, Eucoilinae)

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 423-451

  Aluja, Martín ^a   Ovruski, Sergio M ^b   Guillén, Larissa ^a   Oroño, Luis E ^b   Sivinski, John ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b PLANTA PILOTO DE PROCESOS INDUSTRIALES MICROBIOLÓGICOS PROIMI CONICET   (Argentina)

^c CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aganaspis pelleranoi; Figitidae; Host search behavior; Odontosema anastrephae; Oviposition; Tephritidae

Indexed keywords

AGANASPIS PELLERANOI; BORGMEIER; DIPTERA; EUCOILINAE; FIGITIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; ODONTOSEMA ANASTREPHAE; PSIDIUM; PSIDIUM GUAJAVA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 70350180437     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10905-009-9182-3     Document Type: Article

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