Avoidance of egg parasitism through submerged oviposition by tandem pairs in the water strider, Aquarius paludum insularis (Heteroptera: Gerridae)

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 560-563

  Amano, Hideki ^a   Hayashi, Kooji ^b   Kasuya, Eiiti ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gerridae; Mate guarding; Parasitism; Submerged oviposion; Tandem; Tandem oviposition

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; INSECT; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATE GUARDING; OVIPOSITION; PARASITISM; WASP;

AQUARIUS PALUDUM; GERRIDAE; HETEROPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; SCELIONIDAE; TIPHODYTES GERRIPHAGUS;

EID: 56049095362     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2008.00988.x     Document Type: Article

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