A new species of solitary meteorus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) reared from caterpillars of toxic butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in ecuador

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Shaw, Scott R ^a   Jones, Guinevere Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Ithomiinae; Neotropical; Parasitoid; Solanaceae; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BRACONIDAE; DANAINAE; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; METEORUS; NYMPHALIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA; PTERONYMIA; SOLANACEAE; SOLANUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; CLASSIFICATION; ECUADOR; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WASP;

ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; ECUADOR; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WASPS;

EID: 67651087303     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15362442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1673/031.009.3401     Document Type: Article

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