Courtship of the two female morphs of Melittobia digitata (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae)

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 258-267

  González, Jorge M ^a,b   Matthews, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Alternative reproductive strategies; Polymorphism; Reproductive isolation; Sexual selection theory; Sib mating

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; FEMALE; PARASITOID; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION;

APOIDEA; EULOPHIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MEGASCOLIA FLAVIFRONS; MELITTOBIA DIGITATA;

EID: 31544448839     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: 00154040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2005)088[0258:COTTFM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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