Oviposition behaviour of aphidiine wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Aphidiinae): Morphological adaptations and evolutionary trends

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 197-212

  Völkl, Wolfgang ^a   Mackauer, Manfred ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; OVIPOSITION; PARASITOID; WASP;

ACLITUS OBSCURIPENNIS; APHIDIINAE; APHIDIUS; BRACONIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LYSIPHLEBUS; MONOCTONUS; PARALIPSIS; PAUESIA;

EID: 0342700223     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/Ent132197-2     Document Type: Article

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