Fortuitous establishment of rhyzobius iophanthae (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) and aphytis lingnanesis (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) in South Texas on the cycad aulacaspis scale, aulacaspis yasumatsui (Hemiptera: Diaspididae)

Southwestern Entomologist

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 489-492

  Flores, Daniel ^a   Carlson, Jason ^a  

^a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APHYTIS; AULACASPIS; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CYCADOPSIDA; DIASPIDIDAE; ENCYRTIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; RHYZOBIUS;

EID: 73349094708     PISSN: 01471724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3958/059.034.0413     Document Type: Article

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