The suprageneric groups of the Pimplinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae): A cladistic re-evaluation and evolutionary biological study

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 421-485

  Gauld, Ian D ^a   Wahl, David B ^a   Broad, Gavin R ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Re classification; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; DELOMERISTINI; DOLICHOMITUS; EPHIALTES; EPHIALTINI; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; ITOPLECTIS; PIMPLA; PIMPLINAE; PIMPLINI;

EID: 0036829525     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1096-3642.2002.00031.x     Document Type: Article

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