Species richness of oak gall wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) and identification of associated inquilines and parasitoids on two oak species in western Iran

North-Western Journal of Zoology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 189-202

  Nazemp, Javad ^a   Talebi, Ali Asghar ^a   Sadeghp, Seyed Ebrahim ^b   Melika, George ^c   Lozan, Aurel ^d  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTS AND RANGELANDS   (Iran)

^c Systematic Parasitoid Laboratory   (Hungary)

^d INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Braconidae; Cynipidae; inquilines; Oak; Parasitoid; species richness

Indexed keywords

ANDRICUS; ASCOGASTER QUADRIDENTATA; BASSUS; BRACONIDAE; CYNIPIDAE; CYNIPINI; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS BRANTII; SYNERGUS; TORTRICIDAE;

EID: 63849290913     PISSN: 15849074     EISSN: 18435629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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