Oviposition restraint and developmental alterations in the Ectoparasitic wasp, Nasonia vitripennis, when utilizing puparia resulting from different size maggot masses of Lucilia illustris, Protophormia terraenovae, and Sarcophaga bullata

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1124-1136

  Rivers, David B ^a   Kaikis, Andreas ^a   Bulanowski, Daniel ^a   Wigand, Timothy ^a   Brogan, Rebecca ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

heat shock; larval aggregation; parasitoid; predator avoidance strategy; wasp development

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; INSECT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BRAIN; CLUTCH SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMOLYMPH; HOST RANGE; INSECT; LARVA; MALE; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SARCOPHAGIDAE; SEX RATIO; TEMPERATURE; WASP; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BODY SIZE; BRAIN; CLUTCH SIZE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HEMOLYMPH; HOST SPECIFICITY; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; MALE; OVIPOSITION; PUPA; SARCOPHAGIDAE; SEX RATIO; TEMPERATURE; WASPS;

HEXAPODA; LUCILIA ILLUSTRIS; NASONIA VITRIPENNIS; PROTOPHORMIA TERRAENOVAE; SARCOPHAGA BULLATA;

EID: 84866369103     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME11232     Document Type: Article

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