Sensilla on antennae, ovipositor and tarsi of the larval parasitoids, cotesia sesamiae (cameron 1906) and cotesia flavipes cameron 1891 (hymenoptera: braconidae): A comparative scanning electron microscopy study

Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 119-127

  Obonyo, Meshack ^a,b,c   Schulthess, Fritz ^b   Chimtawi, Mathayo ^b   Mascarel, Gérard ^d   Ahuya, Peter O ^b,c   LeRu, Bruno ^b,c   van den Berg, Johnnie ^a   Silvain, Jean François ^c,e   Calatayud, Paul André ^b,c  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Antennae; Chemosensilla; External morphology; Host acceptance; Ovipositor; Tarsi

Indexed keywords

BRACONIDAE; COTESIA FLAVIPES; COTESIA SESAMIAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 80053989972     PISSN: 00379271     EISSN: 21686351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2011.10697703     Document Type: Article

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