Ecology of crabronid wasps found in trap nests from Spain (Hymenoptera: Spheciformes)

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 278-284

  Tormos, J ^a   Asis J D ^a   Gayubo, S F ^a   Calvo, J ^a   Martin M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Kleptoparasitoids; Psenulus; Trap nests; Trichrysis; Trypoxylon; Xylicolous

Indexed keywords

MORTALITY; NEST; WASP;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

CRABRONIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MELO; PSENULUS; TRICHRYSIS; TRICHRYSIS CYANEA; TRYPOXYLON;

EID: 31544458689     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: 00154040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2005)088[0278:EOCWFI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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