A new Fidiobia species (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) reared from eggs of Diaprepes doublierii (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from Dominica

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 61-66

  Evans, Gregory A ^a   Peña, Jorge E ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Citrus weevil; Curculionidae; Diaprepes; Fidiobia; Platygastridae

Indexed keywords

NEW SPECIES;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; DOMINICA; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; LESSER ANTILLES; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

CITRUS; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; DIAPREPES; HYMENOPTERA; PLATYGASTRIDAE;

EID: 18044389527     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2005)088[0061:ANFSHP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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