Descriptions of four new species of cynipid gall wasps of the genus Neuroterus Hartig (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) with redescriptions of some known species from the eastern United States

Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 560-573

  Melika, George ^a,b   Abrahamson, Warren G ^a  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Savaria Museum   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Biology; Cynipidae; Distribution; Gall wasps; Morphology; Neuroterus; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CYNIPIDAE; CYNIPS; HYMENOPTERA; NEUROTERUS; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0030737575     PISSN: 00138797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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