Functional and nonfunctional female receptivity signals in the parasitoid wasp Spalangia endius (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 782-786

  King, B H ^a   Dickenson, R M ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Courtship; Parasitoid wasp; Receptivity; Signaling; Vestigial

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; MATING BEHAVIOR; PARASITOID; SIGNAL; SIGNALING; WASP;

ABDOMEN; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WASP;

ABDOMEN; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; WASPS;

HYMENOPTERA; PTEROMALIDAE; SPALANGIA ENDIUS;

EID: 46849087377     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2008)37[782:FANFRS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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