Survey of Tiphia vernalis (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae), a parasitoid wasp of Popillia japonica (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), in Connecticut

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 780-782

  Ramoutar, Darryl ^a   Legrand, Ana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; PARASITOID; RARITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WASP;

CONNECTICUT; LITCHFIELD COUNTY; NORTH AMERICA; TOLLAND COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

COLEOPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; POPILLIA JAPONICA; SCARABAEIDAE; TIPHIA VERNALIS; TIPHIIDAE;

EID: 38149084713     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2007)90[780:SOTVHT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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