A scientific note about a parasitoid that can parasitize the yellow-legged hornet, Vespa velutina nigrithorax, in Europe

Apidologie

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 130-132

  Darrouzet, Eric ^a   Gévar, Jérémy ^a   Dupont, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Asiatic hornet; Conopidae; Conops vesicularis; endoparasitoid; queen death

Indexed keywords

ENDOPARASITE; PARASITISM; PARASITOID; QUEEN; WASP;

EUROPE;

CONOPIDAE; CONOPS; VESPA VELUTINA NIGRITHORAX;

EID: 84919883828     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13592-014-0297-y     Document Type: Article

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