Effects of parasitization and envenomation by the endoparasitic wasp Pimpla turionellae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) on hemocyte numbers, morphology, and viability of its host Galleria mellonella lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 273-282

  Er, Aylin ^a   Uçkan, Fevzi ^d   Rivers, David B ^b   Ergin, Ekrem ^c   Sak, Olga ^a  

^a Department of Biology   (Turkey)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

^c GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; Hemocyte count; Hemocyte viability; Wasp venom

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ENDOPARASITE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; ISOLATED POPULATION; MOTH; PUPA; VENOM; WASP;

GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; PIMPLA TURIONELLAE; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 77749304370     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/AN09065     Document Type: Article

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