A new species of Andesipolis whitfield & choi from the eastern Andes of Ecuador with notes on biology and classification (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Rhysipolinae)

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Townsend, Andrew C ^a   Shaw, Scott R ^b  

^a Yanayacu Biological Station   (Ecuador)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Boehmeria bullata; Mesostoinae; Phenax rugosus; Pyralidae

Indexed keywords

BOEHMERIA; BOEHMERIA NIVEA; BRACONIDAE; GRANULINA; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; MESOSTOINAE; PHENAX; PYRALIDAE; URTICACEAE;

ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ECUADOR; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MOTH; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAMIE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WASP;

ANIMALS; BOEHMERIA; ECUADOR; FEMALE; MALE; MOTHS; ROSALES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WASPS;

EID: 67651108899     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15362442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1673/031.009.3601     Document Type: Article

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