Relative warp analysis to study morphological variations in the genital capsule of Trichogramma pretiosum riley (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae)

Neotropical Entomology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 217-224

  Querino, Ranyse B ^a   De Moraes, Regina C B ^a   Zucchi, Roberto A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Egg parasitoids; Geometric morphometrics; Insecta

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745247628     PISSN: 1519556X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1519-566x2002000200007     Document Type: Article

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