Species of Melittobia (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) established in Bahamas, Costa Rica, Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, and Trinidad

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 619-620

  González, Jorge M ^a   Genaro, Julio A ^b   Matthews, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Museo Nacional de Historia Natural Cuba   (Cuba)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; ECTOPARASITE; HOST RANGE; NEW RECORD;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAHAMAS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; CUBA; GREATER ANTILLES; HISPANIOLA; LESSER ANTILLES; OCEANIC REGIONS; PUERTO RICO; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; TRINIDAD [TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ACASTA; EULOPHIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MELITTOBIA; MELITTOBIA ACASTA; MELITTOBIA AUSTRALICA;

EID: 12344278376     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2004)087[0619:SOMHEE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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