Meteorus acerbiavorus sp. nov. (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), a gregarious parasitoid of Acerbia alpina (Quensel) (Lepidoptera, arctiidae) in North Finland

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 45, Issue 21-22, 2011, Pages 1275-1294

  Stigenberg, Julia ^a   Vikberg, Veli ^b   Belokobylskij, Sergey A ^c  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b Museum and Institute of Zoology Polish Academy of Sciences ^*  (Finland)

^c MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Braconidae; Dna analysis; Gregarious parasitoid of arctiidae; Hymenoptera; Meteorus; New species; Result

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; COCOON; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOLARCTIC REGION; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY; MOTH; NEW SPECIES; OVIPOSITION; PARASITOID; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY; WASP; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

FINLAND;

ARCTIIDAE; BRACONIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; METEORUS; METEORUS RUBENS;

EID: 79957550699     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2011.552807     Document Type: Article

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