Some arthropods recently intercepted entering New Zealand in orchids from Honduras

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:1980
Authors:J. B. Keall
Journal:New Zealand Entomologist
Volume:7
Issue:2
Pagination:127-129
ISSN:0077-9962
Keywords:Arthropods, Honduras, interception, Laelia, New Zealand, orchids
Abstract:

A shipment of Laelia orchids from Honduras was found to have many arthropods in the hollow pseudobulbs, in particular ants and termites, on its arrival in New Zealand.

URL:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00779962.1980.9722351
DOI:10.1080/00779962.1980.9722351
Citation Key:1530
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