Native parasitoids associated with Dryocosmus kuriphilus in Tuscany, Italy

Bulletin of Insectology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 195-201

  Panzavolta, Tiziana ^a   Bernardo, Umberto ^b   Bracalini, Matteo ^a   Cascone, Pasquale ^b   Croci, Francesco ^a   Gebiola, Marco ^b   Iodice, Luigi ^b   Tiberi, Riziero ^a   Guerrieri, Emilio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asian chestnut gall wasp; Cynipid; Hyperparasitoids; Mesopolobus fasciiventris; Parasitism; Torymus flavipes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892776089     PISSN: 17218861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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