Pseudacteon parasitoids of azteca instabilis ants in Southern Mexico (Diptera: Phoridae; Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Psyche (London)

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Brown, Brian V ^a   Philpott, Stacy M ^b  

^a NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZTECA; AZTECA INSTABILIS; BORGMEIER; DIPTERA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PHORIDAE; PSEUDACTEON (DIPTERAN FLY);

EID: 84861032984     PISSN: 00332615     EISSN: 16877438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/351232     Document Type: Article

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