Nesting biology of the trap-nesting Neotropical wasp Trypoxylon (Trypargilum) aurifrons Shuckard (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae)

Revista Brasileira de Entomologia

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 369-376

  Santoni, Mariana Marchi ^a   Del Lama, Marco Antonio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Nest architecture; Parasitoid; Prey; Seasonality; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; ARANEIDAE; CRABRONIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MELITTOBIA; TRYPOXYLON;

EID: 38049085635     PISSN: 00855626     EISSN: 18069665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0085-56262007000300015     Document Type: Article

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