The value of the ITS2 region for the identification of species boundaries between Alloxysta hyperparasitoids (Hymenoptera: Charipidae) of aphids

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 449-453

  Van Veen, F J Frank ^a   Belshaw, Robert ^a   Godfray, Charles J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alloxystinae; Aphid; Apparent competition; Food web; Hyperparasitoid; ITS2

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ANALYSIS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PARASITOID; TAXONOMY;

ALLOXYSTA; ALLOXYSTINAE; APHIDIDAE; CHARIPIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0141461444     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2003.067     Document Type: Article

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