Host location behaviour and a new host record for Gabunia aff. togoensis Krieger (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Cryptinae) in Kibale Forest National Park, West Uganda

African Entomology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 308-310

  Quicke, D L J ^a,b   Laurenne, N M ^c   Broad, G R ^a   Barclay, M V L ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYPTINAE; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE;

EID: 0344496921     PISSN: 10213589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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