Past and present diversity and distribution in the parasitic wasp family Megalyridae (Hymenoptera)

Systematic Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 658-677

  Vilhelmsen, Lars ^a   Perrichot, Vincent ^b   Shaw, Scott R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; FOSSIL; MESOZOIC; PALEARCTIC REGION; PARASITISM; PHYLOGENETICS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; TERTIARY; TROPICAL FOREST; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WASP;

HYMENOPTERA; MAIMETSHIDAE; MEGALYRIDAE; ORTHOGONALYS; TRIGONALIDAE; VESPOIDEA;

EID: 77956762348     PISSN: 03076970     EISSN: 13653113     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00537.x     Document Type: Article

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