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Aphid-ant-parasitoid and host plant associations in drylands of Khuzestan, Iran (Hemiptera: Aphidae; Hymenoptera: Formicidae; Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Aphidiinae)
- 1.0465484 - BC 2017 GB eng J - Journal Article
Mossadegh, M. S. - Starý, Petr - Sharaf, M. - Mohammadi, S. - Aldawood, A.S. - Tamoli Torfi, E. - Abolfarsi, R. - Bahrami, R. - Mohseni, L. - Shanini, A. - Seifollahi, F. - Soheilyfar, P. - Ravan, B. - Alaghemand, A.
Aphid-ant-parasitoid and host plant associations in drylands of Khuzestan, Iran (Hemiptera: Aphidae; Hymenoptera: Formicidae; Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Aphidiinae).
Entomologist´s Monthly Magazine. Roč. 152, OCT 28 (2016), s. 289-294. ISSN 0013-8908
Institutional support: RVO:60077344
Keywords : aphid * ant * parasitoid
A study carried out investigated the mutualistic associations (listed) between aphids, parasitoids and attendant ants on different host plants in Khuzestan province, southern Iran.The ants were observed to protect and collect the honeydew secreted by aphids up to a distance of 32m from their nests.
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