Phylogenetic relationships between the genera Aphidius and Lysaphidus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) with description of Aphidius iranicus sp. nov.

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 297-307

  Tomanović, Željko ^a   Rakhshani, Ehsan ^b   Starý, Petr ^c   Kavallieratos, Nickolas G ^d   Stanisavljević, Ljubiša Ž ^e   Žikić, Vladimir ^a   Athanassiou, Christos G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZABOL   (Iran)

^c INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d BENAKI PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^e AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APHID; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PARASITOID; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY;

APHIDIINAE; APHIDIUS; ARTEMISIA ABSINTHIUM; BRACONIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LYSAPHIDUS;

EID: 34548096420     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/n06-007     Document Type: Article

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