A gall midge inhabiting the figs of Ficus benjamina in Xishuangbanna, south-western China

Symbiosis

Volumn 45, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 149-152

  Bai, Lifen ^a,b   Yang, Darong ^a   Compton, Stephen G ^c  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cecidomyiidae; Fig wasps; Gall midge; Galls; Mutualism

Indexed keywords

LARVA; MUTUALISM; NEW RECORD; TAXONOMY; WASP;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XISHUANGBANNA; YUNNAN;

AGAONIDAE; CECIDOMYIIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA; FICUS (ANGIOSPERM); FICUS BENJAMINA;

EID: 41549128598     PISSN: 03345114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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