Ovipositor internal microsculpture in the Braconidae (Insecta, Hymenoptera)

Zoologica Scripta

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 319-332

  Rahman, M Habibur ^a,b   Fitton, Mike G ^a   Quicke, Donald L J ^a,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHITTAGONG   (Bangladesh)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EGG LAYING; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EVOLUTION; INSECT; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PHYLOGENY; WASP;

AGATHIDINAE; ARACHNIDA; BRACONIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; PHOCIDAE; SIGALPHINAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0031728178     PISSN: 03003256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.1998.tb00464.x     Document Type: Article

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