Natural history of Anidarnes bicolor (Hymenoptera: Agaonidae), a galler of the Florida strangling fig (Ficus aurea)

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 454-461

  Bronstein, Judith L ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Agaonidae; Anidarnes; Ficus aurea; Fig; Gall; Wasp

Indexed keywords

AUTECOLOGY; GALL; LIFE HISTORY; WASP;

FLORIDA; UNITED STATES;

AGAONIDAE; AGAONINAE; ANIDARNES; ANIDARNES BICOLOR; ANIMALIA; FICUS (ANGIOSPERM); FICUS AUREA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; MORACEAE; PEGOSCAPUS; PEGOSCAPUS MEXICANUS; SYCOPHAGINAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0032881487     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3496871     Document Type: Article

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