Early detection of prospective mates by males of the parasitoid wasp pimpla disparis viereck (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 405-411

  Danci, Adela ^a   Inducil, Cesar ^a   Schaefer, Paul W ^b   Gries, Gerhard ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b USDA ARS   (United States)

Author keywords

early mate detection; marker pheromone; Pimpla disparis

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; CHEMICAL CUE; FITNESS; LABORATORY METHOD; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; MOTH; PARASITOID; PHEROMONE; PUPA; SEMIOCHEMICAL; VISUAL CUE; WASP;

GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; PIMPLA;

EID: 79953854528     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EN10237     Document Type: Article

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