Oviposition behavior in the robber fly Mallaphora ruficauda (Diptera: Asilidae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1050-1054

  Castelo, Marcela Karina ^a   Corley, Juan Carlos ^b  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b Inst Nac de Tecnol Agropecuaria   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Asilidae; Honey bee predators; Oviposition behavior; Parasitoids; Robber flies

Indexed keywords

FLY; HONEYBEE; HOST SELECTION; OVIPOSITION; PARASITOID; PEST SPECIES;

SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; ARGENTINA (FISH); ASILIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MALLOPHORA; MALLOPHORA RUFICAUDA; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 8144230531     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2004)097[1050:OBITRF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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