First known host records for the egg parasitoid Gonatocerus californicus (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae)

LUFT ALBARRACIN, E.; TRIAPITSYN, SERGUEI V.

BULLETIN OF INSECTOLOGY

ALMA MATER STUDIORUM, UNIV BOLOGNA

Lugar: Bologna; Año: 2012 vol. 65 p. 297 - 299

1721-8861

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