Male genitalia of the species of the subfamily Agathidinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and their importance in taxonomy

Archives of Biological Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 455-467

  Brajkovic M ^a   Stanisavljevic L ^a   Nikolic Z ^a   Curcic S B ^a   Živić, Ivana ^a   Stojanovic D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b NP Fruška gora ^*  (Serbia)

Author keywords

Agathidinae; Braconidae; Male genitalia; Morphology

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955165944     PISSN: 03544664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/ABS1002455B     Document Type: Article

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