Studies in European ant-decapitating flies (Diptera: Phoridae): Ant alarm pheromone as host finding cue in Pseudacteon brevicauda, a parasite of Myrmica rubra (Formicidae: Myrmicinae)

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 44, Issue 15-16, 2010, Pages 905-912

  Witte, V ^a   Disney, R H L ^b   Weissflog, A ^c   Maschwitz, U ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Host finding; Kairomone; Myrmicinae; Parasitoid; Phoridae

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; ANT; CHEMICAL CUE; FLY; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; OVIPOSITION; PARASITOID; PHEROMONE;

GERMANY; RHINE VALLEY;

DIPTERA; FORMICIDAE; MYRMICA; MYRMICA RUBRA; MYRMICA SCABRINODIS; MYRMICINAE; PHORIDAE; PSEUDACTEON (DIPTERAN FLY); TACHINIDAE;

EID: 77951066374     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930903437366     Document Type: Article

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