A new species of gregarious Meteorus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) reared from caterpillars of Venadicodia caneti (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae) in Costa Rica

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1028, 2005, Pages 49-60

  Shaw, Scott R ^a   Nishida, Kenji ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Behavior; Braconidae; Hymenoptera; Limacodidae; Neotropical; Parasitoid; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BRACONIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LAURACEAE; LEPIDOPTERA; LICARIA TRIANDRA; LIMACODIDAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; METEORUS;

EID: 33745195021     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1028.1.4     Document Type: Article

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