Biological and behavioral characteristics of Neodohrniphora elongata Brown (Diptera, Phoridae), a parasitic fly of the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens rubropilosa Forel (Hymenoptera, Formicidae);Características biológicas e comportamentais de Neodohrniphora elongata Brown (Diptera, Phoridae), um parasitóide da saúva Atta sexdens rubropilosa Forel (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

Revista Brasileira de Entomologia

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 600-606

  Bragança, Marcos A L ^a   Tonhasca, Athayde ^b   Lucia, Terezinha M C Della ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO TOCANTINS   (Brazil)

^b Great Glen House   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biological control; Fertility; Longevity; Parasitism

Indexed keywords

ATTA; ATTA SEXDENS RUBROPILOSA; DIPTERA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; NEODOHRNIPHORA; PHORIDAE; TACHINIDAE;

EID: 77954249362     PISSN: 00855626     EISSN: 18069665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0085-56262009000400009     Document Type: Article

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