A new species of Bracon (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) parasitic on alien sweetpotato weevils in the south-west islands of Japan: Original article

Entomological Science

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-63

  Maeto, Kaoru ^a   Uesato, Takumi ^b  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Fruit Fly Eradication Project Office   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bracon yasudai; Convolvulaceae; Cylas formicarius; Euscepes postfasciatus; Ipomoea batatas; Parasitoid; Ryukyu Islands

Indexed keywords

BRACON; BRACONIDAE; BRENTIDAE; CONVOLVULACEAE; CURCULIONIDAE; CYLAS FORMICARIUS; EUSCEPES POSTFASCIATUS; HYMENOPTERA; IPOMOEA BATATAS;

EID: 33846915315     PISSN: 13438786     EISSN: 14798298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8298.2006.00198.x     Document Type: Article

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