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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Autores principales: Castelo, Marcela Karina, Crespo, José E., Corley, Juan Carlos
Formato: Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Schweizerbart Science Publishers 2024
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Acceso en línea: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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