Review of the New World genus venanus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae), with a new key and descriptions of three new reared neotropical species

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1119-1127

  Whitfield, James B ^a   Rasmussen, Claus ^a,b   Arias Penna, Diana C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Andean region; biology; host records; South America; taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CATERPILLAR; CROP PEST; DICOTYLEDON; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HERB; IDENTIFICATION KEY; NEOTROPICAL REGION; NEW GENUS; REARING; TAXONOMY; WASP;

ANDES; ECUADOR; PERU;

ANAS; ASTERACEAE; BOEHMERIA; BRACONIDAE; CHENOPODIUM QUINOA; GELECHIIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MICROGASTRINAE; MYRSINACEAE; MYRSINE CORIACEA; PHENAX; PRIMULACEAE; PYRALIDAE; URTICACEAE; VENANUS;

EID: 82155170567     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/AN10048     Document Type: Article

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