A new species of Mindarus (Hemiptera: Aphididae) on the endangered Guatemalan fir

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 833-836

  Favret, Colin ^a,d   Nielsen, Charlotte ^b,c  

^a AphidNet LLC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^d U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abies guatemalensis; Aphid; Conservation; Guatemala

Indexed keywords

APHID; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TAXONOMY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

ABIES; ABIES GUATEMALENSIS; APHIDIDAE; HEMIPTERA; MINDARIDAE; MINDARUS;

EID: 54149117121     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2008)101[833:ANSOMH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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