Distribution, abundance and host association of two parasitoid species attacking frugivorous drosophilid larvae in central Japan

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 535-540

  Mitsui, Hideyuki ^a   Kimura, Masahito T ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abundance; Asobara japonica; Coevolution; Distribution; Drosophilid flies; Ganaspis xanthopoda; Host association; Hymenoptera; Parasitoids

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COEVOLUTION; FLY; HOST RANGE; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; LARVA; PARASITE; PHYLOGENETICS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

JAPAN;

ASOBARA; DROSOPHILIDAE; GANASPIS XANTHOPODA; HYMENOPTERA; JAPONICA;

EID: 77957916095     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2010.061     Document Type: Article

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