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Original Articles

Life history and host utilization pattern of a strepsipteran parasite (Insecta: Strepsiptera) on the Blissine bugs (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae) living under dwarf bamboo leaf sheaths

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Pages 1089-1099 | Received 23 Oct 2009, Accepted 28 Dec 2010, Published online: 15 Apr 2011

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