Velvet ants (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) of the algodones sand dunes of california, USA

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2131, 2009, Pages 1-53

  Pitts, James P ^a   Wilson, Joseph S ^a   Williams, Kevin A ^a   Boehme, Nicole F ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ITS1; ITS2; Solitary wasp; Sphaeropthalminae

Indexed keywords

ACMAEA; BELLEROPHON; DASYMUTILLA; HYMENOPTERA; MEGASCOLIA FLAVIFRONS; MUTILLA; MUTILLIDAE; ODONTOPHOTOPSIS; SPHAEROPTHALMA; SPHAEROPTHALMINAE;

EID: 67651040075     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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