Tracing the geographical origin of Megastigmus transvaalensis (Hymenoptera: Torymidae): An African wasp feeding on a South American plant in North America

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 415-421

  Scheffer, Sonja J ^a   Grissell, E E ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocontrol; Brazilian peppertree; Geographical origin; Introduced species; Phylogeography; Schinus terebinthifolius

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANACARDIACEAE; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; GENETICS, POPULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; RHUS; SOUTH AMERICA; VARIATION (GENETICS); WASPS;

ANIMALIA; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; MEGASTIGMUS; MEGASTIGMUS TRANSVAALENSIS; RHUS; SCHINUS; SCHINUS TEREBINTHIFOLIUS; TORYMIDAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0037306055     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.01725.x     Document Type: Article

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