Discovery of an oak gall wasp (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) inducing galls on deciduous oak trees in India

Entomological Science

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 340-342

  Abe, Yoshihisa ^a   Bhuyan, Mantu ^d   Mech, Jiten ^d   Bhattacharyya, Pranab R ^d   Ide, Tatsuya ^a   Mishima, Misako ^a   Suyama, Chika ^b   Sato, Shinsuke ^c   Matsuo, Kazunori ^a   Wachi, Nakatada ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^d CSIR NORTH EAST INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Andricus mukaigawae; Biogeography; Fagaceae; Indian subcontinent; Palearctic region; Quercus

Indexed keywords

ANDRICUS MUKAIGAWAE; CYNIPIDAE; CYNIPINI; FAGACEAE; HYMENOPTERA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS GRIFFITHII;

EID: 84863782616     PISSN: 13438786     EISSN: 14798298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8298.2011.00510.x     Document Type: Article

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