Biology of the eucalypt gall-forming fly, Fergusonina flavicornis Malloch (Diptera: Fergusoninidae) and its associated hymenopterans in South Australia, with a description of a new species of Bracon (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia

Volumn 120, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 131-146

  Taylor, G S ^b   Austin, A D ^b   Davies, K A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bracon; Braconidae; Diptera; Eucalyptus; Fergusobia; Fergusonina; Fergusoninidae; Gall forming; Nematoda; Parasitic hymenoptera; Sphaerulariidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007216249     PISSN: 00855812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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