Concealing identity and mimicking hosts: A dual chemical strategy for a single social parasite? (Polistes atrimandibularis, Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

Parasitology

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 507-512

  Lorenzi, M C ^a   Bagneres A G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Chemical identity; Polistes atrimandibularis; Recognition cues; Social parasitism; Social wasps

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; BROOD PARASITISM; COLONY FORMATION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HYMENOPTERA; LARVA; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; POLISTES ATRIMANDIBULARIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PARASITE; WASP;

ANIMALS; CUES; DESICCATION; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HYDROCARBONS; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; ODORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WASPS;

HYMENOPTERA; POLISTES ATRIMANDIBULARIS; POLISTES BIGLUMIS; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0036971114     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003118200200238X     Document Type: Article

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