Redescription of Archaeoscelio brues and description of three new genera of scelionidae (hymenoptera): A challenge to the definition of the family

American Museum Novitates

Volumn , Issue 3550, 2007, Pages 1-24

  Masner, Lubomír ^a,b   Johnson, Norman F ^a,c   Polaszek, Andrew D ^d  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34948850397     PISSN: 00030082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2007)3550[1:roabad]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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