The identity and recognition of African Tetrastichus species (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) associated with fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)

African Entomology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 297-304

  LaSalle, J ^a,c   Wharton, R A ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eulophidae; Fruit flies; Parasitoid; Tephritidae; Tetrastichinae; Tetrastichus

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EULOPHIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; TEPHRITIDAE; TETRASTICHINAE; TETRASTICHUS; TETRASTICHUS GIFFARDIANUS;

EID: 0038363928     PISSN: 10213589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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