Systematic re-appraisal of the gall-usurping wasp genus Synophrus Hartig, 1843 (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Synergini)

Systematic Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 688-711

  PÉnzes, Zsolt ^a,b   Melika, George ^g   BozsÓki, Zoltán ^a   Bihari, Péter ^a   MikÓ, István ^c   Tavakoli, Majid ^d   Pujade Villar, Juli ^e   FehÉr, Balázs ^a   FÜlÖp, Dávid ^a   SzabÓ, Krisztián ^a   BozsÓ, Miklós ^a   Sipos, Botond ^a   Somogyi, Kálmán ^a   Stone, Graham N ^f  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^c CENTRAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

^d Lorestan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center Khorramabad   (Iran)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^g Pest Diagnostic Laboratory   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALL INSECT; PALEARCTIC REGION; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY; WASHOVER;

CYNIPIDAE; CYNIPINI; HYMENOPTERA; QUERCUS; RHODITINI; SYNERGINI;

EID: 68749111812     PISSN: 03076970     EISSN: 13653113     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2009.00482.x     Document Type: Article

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