Distal leg morphology, subgenual organs and host detection in Stephanidae (Insecta, Hymenoptera)

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 42, Issue 23-24, 2008, Pages 1649-1663

  Vilhelmsen, Lars ^a   Turrisi, Giuseppe Fabrizio ^b   Beutel, Rolf Georg ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Host detection; Parasitoid wasps; Wood boring lifestyle

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY CUE; HOST LOCATION; INSECT; MORPHOLOGY; VIBRATION;

HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; MEGISCHUS; ORUSSIDAE; SCHLETTERERIUS; STEPHANIDAE; STEPHANUS;

EID: 47049088100     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930802105155     Document Type: Article

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