Descriptions of adults, immature stages and venom apparatus of two new species of Dacnusini: Chorebus pseudoasphodeli sp. n., parasitic on Phytomyza chaerophili Kaltenbach and C. pseudoasramenes sp. n., parasitic on Cerodontha phragmitophila Hering (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Alystinae; Diptera: Agromyzidae)

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 393-400

  Tormos, Josep ^a   Pardo, Xavier ^b   Jiménez, Ricardo ^b   Asís, Josep Daniel ^a   Gayubo, Severiano F ^a  

^a Facultad de Biología   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Braconidae; Hosts; Hymenoptera; Immature stages; New species; Spain; Venom apparatus

Indexed keywords

HOST SELECTION; IDENTIFICATION KEY; NEW SPECIES; PARASITOID; TAXONOMY; WASP;

SPAIN;

AGROMYZIDAE; ARUNDO DONAX; BRACONIDAE; CERODONTHA; CERODONTHA PHRAGMITOPHILA; CHOREBUS; CHOREBUS PSEUDOASPHODELI; CHOREBUS PSEUDOASRAMENES; DAUCUS CAROTA; DIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; PHYTOMYZA; PHYTOMYZA CHAEROPHYILLI; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0141573406     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2003.061     Document Type: Article

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