First fossil record of endoparasitism of adult ants (Formicidaes: Hymenoptera) by Braconidae (Hymenoptera)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 42-43

  Poinar Jr , George ^a   Miller, Jeffrey C ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant; Baltic amber; Braconidae; Fossil parasitoid larva; Neoneurinae

Indexed keywords

AMBER; ENDOPARASITE; EOCENE; FOSSIL RECORD; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; PALEOECOLOGY;

BRACONIDAE; ELASMOSOMITES PRIMORDIALIS; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LASIUS; NEONEURINAE;

EID: 0011717893     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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