Studies on the identity of the parasitoids Aphidius colemani and Aphidius transcaspicus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 491-498

  Garantonakis, Nikolaos ^a   Perdikis, Dionyssios ^a   Lykouressis, Dionyssios ^a   Kourti, Anna ^a   Gkouvitsas, Theodoros ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aphid parasitoids; Aphidiinae; Aphidius colemani; Aphidius transcaspicus; Braconidae; Cross mating; Identification; Molecular methods

Indexed keywords

APHID; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MATING BEHAVIOR; MORPHOLOGY; PARASITOID; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RNA; SEX RATIO; TAXONOMY; WASP;

APHIDIDAE; APHIDIINAE; APHIDIUS COLEMANI; APHIDIUS TRANSCASPICUS; BRACONIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 77953925106     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2009.062     Document Type: Article

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