Ooencyrtus marcelloi sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), an egg parasitoid of Heliconiini (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Heliconiinae) on passion vines (Malpighiales: Passifloraceae) in Central America

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 44, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 81-87

  Guerrieri, Emilio ^a,e   Huigens, Martinus E ^b   Estrada, Catalina ^c   Woelke, Jozef B ^b   de Rijk, Marjolein ^b   Fatouros, Nina E ^b   Aiello, Annette ^d   Noyes, John S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^e DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ooencyrtus caligo; Ooencyrtus papilionis; Panama; Passiflora

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; DICOTYLEDON; EGG PARASITOID; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; VINE; WASP;

PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

CALIGO; ENCYRTIDAE; HELICONIINAE; HELICONIINI; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; MALPIGHIALES; NYMPHALIDAE; OOENCYRTUS; PASSIFLORA; PASSIFLORA EDULIS; PASSIFLORACEAE;

EID: 77449134347     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930903362051     Document Type: Article

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