Non-sibling parasites (Strepsiptera) develop together in the same paper wasp

Parasitology

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 705-713

  Vannini, L ^a   Carapelli, A ^a   Frati, F ^a   Beani, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

mtDNA; Strepsiptera; Superparasitism; Within host competition

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD LARVA; ARTICLE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HYMENOPTERA; ITALY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITOSIS; POLISTES DOMINULUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERPARASITISM; WASP; XENOS VESPARUM;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INSECTS; LARVA; MALE; SEX RATIO;

HYMENOPTERA; POLISTES DOMINULUS; POLISTINAE; STREPSIPTERA; STYLOPIDAE; VESPIDAE; XENOS VESPARUM;

EID: 44349121672     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182008004320     Document Type: Article

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