Systematics, evolution, and biology of scelionid and platygastrid wasps

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 50, Issue , 2005, Pages 553-582

  Austin, A D ^a   Johnson, N F ^b   Dowton, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Host relationships; Molecular systematics; Morphology; Platygastridae; Scelionidae

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; AUCHENORRHYNCHA; CECIDOMYIIDAE; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; NEZARA VIRIDULA; PLATYGASTRIDAE; SCELIONIDAE; STERNORRHYNCHA; TELENOMINAE; TRISSOLCUS BASALIS; VESPIDAE;

EID: 12744261118     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ento.50.071803.130500     Document Type: Review

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