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The life history and host-searching behaviour of the aquatic parasitoid wasp Apsilops japonicus (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), a parasitoid of the aquatic moth Neoshoenobia testacealis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)

Tomoko HirayamaLaboratory of Animal Ecology, School of Human Sciences, Kobe College, Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
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Takuma YoshidaSystematic Entomology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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Osamu NagasakiOsamu Nagasaki Toyonaka Municipal Fourteenth Junior High School, Kitamidorigaoka Toyonaka City, Osaka Prefecture, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 959-967 | Received 30 Jun 2012, Accepted 11 Jul 2013, Published online: 23 Jan 2014

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