Parasitoids and parasites of Polistes metricus say (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in Northeast Georgia

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-64

  Hodges, Amanda C ^a   Hodges, G S Gregory S ^a   Espelie, Karl E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chalcoela pegasalis Walker; Elasmus polistis Burks; Pachysomoides fulvus Cresson; Polistes metricus Say; Xenos peckii Kirby

Indexed keywords

PARASITE; PARASITOID; WASP;

GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

CHALCOELA PEGASALIS; ELASMUS; ELASMUS POLISTIS; EULOPHIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; PACHYSOMOIDES FULVUS; POLISTES METRICUS; PYRALIDAE; STREPSIPTERA; STYLOPIDAE; VESPIDAE; XENOS; XENOS PECKII;

EID: 0037218947     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2003)096[0061:PAPOPM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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