On the misidentification of chalcid (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) parasitoids of the cabbage seedpod weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in North America

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 381-403

  Gibson, Gary A P ^a   Baur, Hannes ^b   Ulmer, Bryan ^c   Dosdall, Lloyd ^c   Muller, Franck ^d  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM DER BURGERGEMEINDE BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d CABI   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IDENTIFICATION METHOD; NEW SPECIES; PARASITOID; TAXONOMY;

NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; CEUTORHYNCHUS OBSTRICTUS; CHALCIDIDAE; CHALCIDOIDEA; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; EULOPHIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MESOPOLOBUS; MESOPOLOBUS MORYAIDES; MESOPOLOBUS MORYS; NECREMNUS; NECREMNUS DUPLICATUS; NECREMNUS TIDIUS; PTEROMALIDAE; TRICHOMALUS; TRICHOMALUS LUCIDUS; TRICHOMALUS PERFECTUS;

EID: 27744591041     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/n05-012     Document Type: Article

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