Mitochondrial DNA diversity of Cleruchoides noackae (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae): A potential biological control agent for Thaumastocoris peregrinus (Hemiptera: Thaumastocoridae)

BioControl

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 397-404

  Nadel, R L ^a,b   Wingfield, M J ^a   Scholes, M C ^c   Lawson, S A ^d   Noack, A E ^e   Neser, S ^a   Slippers, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b INSTITUTE FOR COMMERCIAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Egg parasitoid; Hemiptera; Hymenoptera; Laboratory rearing; Mymaridae; Thaumastocoridae

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; EGG PARASITOID; INSECT; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MONOCOTYLEDON; NATIVE SPECIES; PEST DAMAGE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; WASP;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; PERTH [WESTERN AUSTRALIA]; QUEENSLAND; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES]; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EUCALYPTUS; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; MYMARIDAE; PEREGRINUS; THAUMASTOCORIDAE; THAUMASTOCORIS;

EID: 84860765587     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10526-011-9409-z     Document Type: Article

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