Field biology of Edessa rufomarginata (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae): Phenology, behavior, and patterns of host plant use

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1903-1910

  Silva, Daniel P ^a,b   Oliveira, Paulo S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ants; Caryocar brasiliense; cerrado savanna; myrmecophily; stink bugs

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ANT; CERRADO; CROP DAMAGE; DICOTYLEDON; HONEYDEW; HOST PLANT; MYRMECOPHILY; NATURAL ENEMY; NECTAR; OVIPOSITION; PARENTAL CARE; PHENOLOGY; SAVANNA; TROPICAL REGION;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; ECOSYSTEM; EGG LAYING; ERICALES; FEMALE; HERBIVORY; HETEROPTERA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NYMPH; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BRAZIL; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; HERBIVORY; HETEROPTERA; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; NYMPH; OVIPOSITION; THEALES;

BRAZIL;

CARYOCAR BRASILIENSE; CARYOCARACEAE; CUCUMIS MELO VAR. INODORUS; EDESSA; EDESSA RUFOMARGINATA; FORMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HETEROPTERA; PENTATOMIDAE; REDUVIIDAE;

EID: 79251530223     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EN10129     Document Type: Article

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