Following a scented beetle: Larval faeces as a key olfactory cue in host location of Stegobium paniceum (Coleoptera: Anobiidae) by Lariophagus distinguendus (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)

Chemoecology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 129-136

  Benelli, Giovanni ^a   Pacini, Noemi ^a   Conti, Barbara ^a   Canale, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemical cue; Drugstore beetle; Host seeking behaviour; Stored product pest

Indexed keywords

ANOBIIDAE; CICER ARIETINUM; COLEOPTERA; FABACEAE; FABALES; HYMENOPTERA; LARIOPHAGUS DISTINGUENDUS; POACEAE; PTEROMALIDAE; STEGOBIUM PANICEUM;

EID: 84877777364     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00049-012-0125-7     Document Type: Article

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