First records of adventive populations of the parasitoids Ganaspis brasiliensis and Leptopilina japonica in the United States

Elizabeth H. Beers; Dylan Beal; Peter Smytheman; Paul K. Abram; Rebecca Schmidt-Jeffris; Erica Moretti; Kent M. Daane; Chris Looney; Chia-Hua Lue; Matthew Buffington

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Journal of Hymenoptera Research 91: 11-25
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