The chalcid seed wasp, Megastigmus nigrovariegatus hymenoptera: Torymidae, on Rosa rugosa Thunb. in Nova Scotia

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 809-814

  Gillan, Tanya L ^a   Richardson, David H S ^a  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIP; INFESTATION; ROSE; SEED WASP;

CANADA; NOVA SCOTIA;

HYMENOPTERA; MEGASTIGMUS NIGROVARIEGATUS; ROSA RUGOSA; ROSACEAE; TORYMIDAE;

EID: 0031434934     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/Ent129809-5     Document Type: Article

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