A new Gonatocerus (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) from Argentina, with taxonomic notes and molecular data on the G. tuberculifemur species complex

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1949, 2008, Pages 1-29

  Triapitsyn, Serguei V ^a   Logarzo, Guillermo A ^b   De León, Jesse H ^c   Virla, Eduardo G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c KIKA DE LA GARZA SUBTROPICAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Argentina; Cicadellidae; Egg parasitoid; Gonatocerus; Mymaridae; Proconiini; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CICADELLIDAE; CICADELLINAE; CITRUS; GONATOCERUS; GONATOCERUS TUBERCULIFEMUR; HYMENOPTERA; MYMARIDAE; TAPAJOSA RUBROMARGINATA; VIRLA;

EID: 57549096328     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1949.1.1     Document Type: Article

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