The parasitoid guild of larvae of Chrysophtharta agricola Chapuis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in Tasmania, with notes on biology and a description of a new genus and species of tachinid fly

Australian Journal of Entomology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 400-408

  Rice, Anthony D ^a,b  

^a CRC for Sustainable Production Forestry ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Braconidae; Eucalyptus; Hyperparasitoid; Tachinidae; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BLONDELIINI; BRACONIDAE; CHRYSOMELIDAE; CHRYSOPHTHARTA AGRICOLA; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; EADYA; GONIINAE; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; MESOCHORUS SP.; METEORUS; PERILAMPIDAE; PERILAMPUS; TACHINIDAE;

EID: 33747034741     PISSN: 13266756     EISSN: 14406055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.2005.00489.x     Document Type: Article

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