A key to new world distatrix mason (hymenoptera: Braconidae), with descriptions of six new reared neotropical species

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Grinter, Christopher C ^a   Whitfield, James B ^a   Connahs, Heidi ^b   Dyer, Lee A ^b   Hallwachs, Winifred ^c   Janzen, Daniel H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Tulane University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Distatrix antirrheae; Distatrix loretta; Distatrix pandora; Distatrix pitillaensis; Distatrix vigilis; Distatrix xanadon; Inventory; Lepidoptera; Microgastrinae; Parasitoid

Indexed keywords

BRACONIDAE; GEOMETRIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; MICROGASTRINAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; MALE; MOTH; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WASP;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; MOTHS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WASPS;

EID: 67651102767     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15362442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1673/031.009.2901     Document Type: Article

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