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Notes on Sirex juvencus californicus (Hymenoptera: Siricidae), with a Description of the Male and a Key to the California Species of Sirex

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

E. Alan Cameron
E. Alan Cameron
Affiliation:
Commonwealth Institute of Biological Control
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Abstract

For the first time the male of Sirex juvencus californicus (Ashmead) (= Sirex obesus Bradley, new synonymy) is described; the female is redescribed. Biological notes on this subspecies are included, together with a key to the California species of the genus.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 99 , Issue 1 , January 1967 , pp. 18 - 24
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1967

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