Doddifoenus wallacei, a new giant parasitoid wasp of the subfamily leptofoeninae (chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae), with a description of its mesosomal skeletal anatomy and a molecular characterization

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2194, 2009, Pages 21-36

  Krogmann, Lars ^a   Burks, Roger A ^b  

^a STAATLICHES MUSEUM FÜR NATURKUNDE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Australasia; Doddifoenus; Indo Malaya; Leptofoeninae; Mesosoma; New species; Pteromalidae; Taxonomy; Wallace's Line

Indexed keywords

CHALCIDOIDEA; CLEONYMINAE; LEPTOFOENINAE; PTEROMALIDAE; PTEROMALINAE;

EID: 68949107614     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2194.1.2     Document Type: Article

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