Mariapanteles (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), a new genus of neotropical microgastrine parasitoid wasp discovered through biodiversity inventory

ZooKeys

Volumn 208, Issue , 2012, Pages 61-80

  Whitfield, James B ^a   Fernández Triana, José L ^b,c   Janzen, Daniel H ^c   Hallwachs, Winnie ^c   Alex Smith, M ^b   Cardinal, Sophie ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c CEF   (Canada)

Author keywords

Area de conservaci n guanacaste; Brazil; Costa rica; Microgastrinae; Neotropics; New genus; Parasitoid wasp; Rain forest

Indexed keywords

BRACONIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MICROGASTRINAE; PSEUDAPANTELES;

EID: 84864517066     PISSN: 13132989     EISSN: 13132970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.208.3326     Document Type: Article

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