Description of the male, host associations, and new distribution records for Lophostigma cincta (du Buysson) (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae)

Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 229-234

  Cambra, Roberto A ^a   Gonzalez, Victor H ^b   Wcislo, William T ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE PANAMÁ   (Panama)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^d NONE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Halictidae; Megalopta; Parasitism; Sphaeropthalminae

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; HALICTIDAE; HALICTINAE; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; LOPHOSTIGMA CINCTA; MEGALOPTA; MEGALOPTA ECUADORIA; MEGALOPTA GENALIS; MUTILLIDAE; SPHAEROPTHALMINAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 12244265868     PISSN: 00138797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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