Generic-level identification of final instar larvae of eurytomidae and their parasitoids associated with grasses (poaceae) in N.W. europe (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Eulophidae, Eupelmidae, Eurytomidae, Ichneumonidae, Pteromalidae)

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1517-1526

  Dawah, H A ^a   Rothfritz, H ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Braconidae; Chalcidoidea; Eulophidae; Eupelmidae; Eurytomidae; Grasses; Hymenoptera; Ichneumonidae; Poaceae; Pteromalidae

Indexed keywords

BRACONIDAE; CHALCIDOIDEA; EULOPHIDAE; EUPELMIDAE; EURYTOMIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; POACEAE; PTEROMALIDAE;

EID: 0029809281     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222939600770861     Document Type: Article

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