Prevalence of the parasite Strepsiptera in adult Polistes wasps: Field collections and literature overview

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 363-375

  Hughes, D P ^a   Kathirithamby, J ^a   Beani, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Overwintering groups; Parasitic castrators; Polistes; Social insects; Strepsiptera; Xenos

Indexed keywords

NEST; OVERWINTERING; PARASITE PREVALENCE; WASP;

HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; POLISTES; POLISTES ASSOCIUS; POLISTES DOMINULUS; POLISTES GALLICUS; POLISTES NIMPHUS; STREPSIPTERA; VESPIDAE; XENOS;

EID: 13844255755     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2004.9522627     Document Type: Article

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