Aganaspis alujai (Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Eucoilinae), a new species attacking Rhagoletis (Diptera: Tephritidae) in the Neotropical Region

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 626-634

  Ovruski, Sergio M ^a,c   Wharton, Robert A ^b   Rull, Juan ^c   Guillén, Larissa ^c  

^a PLANTA PILOTO DE PROCESOS INDUSTRIALES MICROBIOLÓGICOS PROIMI CONICET   (Argentina)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aganaspis; Figitidae; Hymenoptera; Parasitoid; Rhagoletis

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAPAUSE; FLY; NEOTROPICAL REGION; NEW SPECIES; NUT; PARASITOID; SPECIALIZATION; WASP;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

AGANASPIS; DIPTERA; EUCOILINAE; FIGITIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; JUGLANS; RHAGOLETIS; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 38149099371     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2007)90[626:AAHFEA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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