Variable life-history and emergence patterns of the pipe-organ mud-daubing wasp, Trypoxylon politum (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae)

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 503-527

  Brockmann, H Jane ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Diapause; Emergence; Life history patterns; Partially bivoltine; Sphecidae; Trypoxylon politum

Indexed keywords

DIAPAUSE; EMERGENCE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; LIFE HISTORY; WASP;

HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; SPHECIDAE; TRYPOXYLON; TRYPOXYLON POLITUM; VESPIDAE;

EID: 11344258355     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2317/E43.1     Document Type: Article

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