Intraguild interactions between egg parasitoids: window of opportunity and fitness costs for a facultative hyperparasitoid.

We investigated intraguild interactions between two egg parasitoids of Nezara viridula (L.) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae), Ooencyrtus telenomicida (Vassiliev) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) and Trissolcus basalis (Wollaston) (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae), as the former has the potential to be a facultative...

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Main Authors: Antonino Cusumano, Ezio Peri, Valentina Amodeo, Jeremy N McNeil, Stefano Colazza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3660356?pdf=render