Description of a new genus and species of weevil parasitoid from Honduras (Diptera: Tachinidae)

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 239-244

  Wood, D Monty ^a   Cave, Ronald D ^b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Admontia; Biological control; Lixadmontia franki; Metamasius quadrilineatus; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; FLY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PARASITOID; POTENTIAL BIOCONTROL AGENT;

CENTRAL AMERICA; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; HONDURAS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BLONDELIINI; DIPTERA; LIXOPHAGA; METAMASIUS; METAMASIUS CALLIZONA; TACHINIDAE;

EID: 33745834329     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: 00154040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2006)89[239:DOANGA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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