Development of Allotropa citri Muesebeck (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) and Anagyrus subalbipes Ishii (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) on Pseudococcus cryptus Hempel (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 505-510

  Arai, Tomonori ^a,b   Mishiro, Koji ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FRUIT TREE SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b National Agriculture and Food Research Organization   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allotropa citri; Anagyrus subalbipes; Development; Parasitism; Pseudococcus cryptus

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; ENCYRTIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; PLATYGASTRIDAE; PSEUDOCOCCIDAE; PSEUDOCOCCUS;

EID: 8344252933     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2004.505     Document Type: Article

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