Maxfischeriinae: A new braconid subfamily (Hymenoptera) with highly specialized egg morphology

Systematic Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 529-548

  Boring, Charles Andrew ^a   Sharanowski, Barbara J ^b   Sharkey, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EGG; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; IDENTIFICATION KEY; INSECT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; OVIPOSITION; PHYLOGENETICS;

BRACONIDAE; HELCONINAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 79959708093     PISSN: 03076970     EISSN: 13653113     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00579.x     Document Type: Article

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