Relationship between the introduced and indigenous parasitoids Torymus sinensis and T. beneficus (Hymenoptera: Torymidae) as inferred from mt-DNA (COI) sequences

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 427-433

  Yara, Kaori ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytochrome oxidase subunit I gene (COI); Molecular phylogeny; Torymus beneficus; Torymus sinensis

Indexed keywords

CYNIPIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; TORYMIDAE; TORYMUS; VESPIDAE;

EID: 8344272160     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2004.427     Document Type: Article

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