Use of cuticular hydrocarbons in bark beetle parasitoid taxonomy: A study of Roptrocerus xylophagorum (Ratzeburg) (Hymenoptera: Torymidae) from the United States, Europe and Australia

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 193-198

  Espelie, Karl E ^a   Berisford, C Wayne ^a   Dahlsten, Donald L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

bark beetles; cuticular hydrocarbons; Hymenoptera; parasitoids; Roptrocerus mirus; Roptrocerus xylophagorum; taxonomy; Torymidae

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CUTICLE; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; INSECT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY;

EID: 0029939387     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0305-0491(95)02049-7     Document Type: Article

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