Karyotypes of five species of tephritid fruit fly parasitoid (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Thailand

Caryologia

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 133-137

  Kitthawee, Sangvorn ^a   Singhapong, Siripong ^a   Baimai, Visut ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cytotaxonomy; Fruit fly parasitoids; Mitotic karyotype

Indexed keywords

BRACONIDAE; DIACHASMIMORPHA; DIACHASMIMORPHA LONGICAUDATA; FOPIUS; FOPIUS ARISANUS; HYMENOPTERA; PSYTTALIA; PSYTTALIA FLETCHERI; PSYTTALIA INCISI; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 77949756898     PISSN: 00087114     EISSN: 21655391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00087114.2004.10589382     Document Type: Article

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