Phylogeny and generic concepts of the parasitoid wasp family Aulacidae (Hymenoptera: Evanioidea)

Invertebrate Systematics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 27-59

  Turrisi, Giuseppe F ^a   Jennings, John T ^b   Vilhelmsen, Lars ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; MORPHOLOGY; NEW RECORD; PARASITOID; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; TOPOLOGY; ZOOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION;

AULACIDAE; EVANIOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 77952975945     PISSN: 14455226     EISSN: 14472600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/IS08031     Document Type: Article

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