Molecular and morphological phylogeny of Diplazontinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae)

Zoologica Scripta

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 379-402

  Klopfstein, Seraina ^a   Quicke, Donald L J ^b,c   Kropf, Christian ^d   Frick, Holger ^e  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM DER BURGERGEMEINDE BERN   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPLAZONTINAE; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; METAZOA;

EID: 79959193088     PISSN: 03003256     EISSN: 14636409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2011.00481.x     Document Type: Article

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