Hymenopteran parasitoids of forensic importance: Host associations, seasonality, and prevalence of parasitoids of carrion flies in Western Australia

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1210-1219

  Voss, Sasha C ^a   Spafford, Helen ^a,b   Dadour, Ian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Forensic entomology; Nasonia vitripennis; Parasitoids; Tachinaephagus zealandicus

Indexed keywords

APHAERETA; BRACONIDAE; CALLIPHORA ALBIFRONTALIS; CALLIPHORA DUBIA; CALLIPHORIDAE; DIAPRIIDAE; DIPTERA; HYDROTAEA ROSTRATA; MUSCIDAE; NASONIA VITRIPENNIS; PTEROMALIDAE; SPILOMICRUS SP.; TACHINAEPHAGUS ZEALANDICUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FLY; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GUINEA PIG; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INSECT; LARVA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; WASP;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; FORENSIC SCIENCES; GUINEA PIGS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LARVA; PUPA; SEASONS; WASPS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 70350512618     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/033.046.0532     Document Type: Article

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