Parasitoids (Hym., Chalcidoidea) reared from oak gall wasps (Hym., Cynipidae) in West of Iran, with five new species records

Journal of the Entomological Research Society

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 43-56

  Nazemi Rafie, Javad ^a   Talebi, Ali Asghar ^a   Sadeghi, Ebrahim ^b   Melika, George ^c  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTS AND RANGELANDS   (Iran)

^c CENTRAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Chalcidoidea; Cynipini; Oak gallwasps; Parasitoid; Quercus sp.

Indexed keywords

BARYSCAPUS; CECIDOSTIBA; CHALCIDOIDEA; CYNIPIDAE; CYNIPINI; EUPELMUS; EURYTOMA BRUNNIVENTRIS; MEGASTIGMUS DORSALIS; ORMYRUS; QUERCUS; SYCOPHILA;

EID: 36649015994     PISSN: 13020250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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