Microsatellites from Lysiphlebus hirticornis Mackauer (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), a specialist primary parasitoid attacking the specialist tansy aphid, Metopeurum fuscoviride Stroyan (Hemiptera: Aphididae)

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 931-934

  Nyabuga, Franklin N ^a,b   Loxdale, Hugh D ^a,b   Sharbel, Timothy F ^c   Todd, Mark ^d   Weisser, Wolfgang W ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

^d Genetic Identification Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphid parasitoid; Braconidae; DNA; Lysiphlebus hirticornis; Microsatellite

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; BRACONIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; LYSIPHLEBUS; METOPEURUM FUSCOVIRIDE; TANACETUM VULGARE;

EID: 65249184440     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02488.x     Document Type: Article

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