Pteromalus elevatus (Walker) (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae): North American records of an immigrant parasitoid of the gall fly urophora jaceana (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 87-92

  Richard Hoebeke, E ^a   Wheeler Jr , A G ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Bureau of Plant Industry   (United States)

Author keywords

Adventive insects; Biological control; Insecta; Parasitism; Pteromalidae; Tephritidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007248231     PISSN: 00138797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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