A new species of Ixodiphagus (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Encyrtidae) parasitizing seabird ticks in New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 147-155

  Heath, Allen C G ^a   Cane, Rachel P ^b  

^a AGRESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b New Zealand BioSecure Entomology Laboratory Research   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Hunterellus; Ixodidae; Ixodiphagus; Parasitoid; Taxonomy; Wasp

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCE; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PARASITISM; SEABIRD; TAXONOMY; TICK; TYPE SPECIMEN; WASP;

NEW ZEALAND;

ACARI; CHALCIDOIDEA; ENCYRTIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; IXODES URIAE; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; IXODIPHAGUS;

EID: 77955193081     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2010.482973     Document Type: Article

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