Dual identity: the ecology and behaviour of the robber fly Mallophora ruficauda, a pest of honeybees and parasitoid of Scarab beetles

Mallophora ruficauda is a dipteran ectoparasitoid and insect predator native to South America, that as an adult feeds mainly on foraging honeybees. Under suitable conditions, population outbreaks can detrimentally impact apiculture and plant pollination. In turn during its larval stages, it serves a...

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Main Authors: Castelo, Marcela Karina, Crespo, José E., Corley, Juan Carlos
Format: Artículo
Language:Inglés
Published: Schweizerbart Science Publishers 2024
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/20755
https://www.schweizerbart.de/papers/entomologia/detail/44/106093/Dual_identity_the_ecology_and_behaviour_of_the_rob
https://doi.org/10.1127/entomologia/2024/2799

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