The serphitid wasps (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupo-morpha: Serphitoidea) of Canadian Cretaceous amber

Systematic Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 192-208

  Mckellar, Ryan C ^a   Engel, Michael S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBER; CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL RECORD; NEW TAXON; PALEOECOLOGY; TAXONOMY; WASP;

ALBERTA; CANADA; GRASSY LAKE;

HYMENOPTERA; SERPHITIDAE;

EID: 78651271282     PISSN: 03076970     EISSN: 13653113     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00559.x     Document Type: Article

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