Do hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) sound like the Hymenoptera they morphologically resemble?

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 396-402

  Rashed, A ^a,b   Khan, M I ^a   Dawson, J W ^a   Yack, J E ^a   Sherratt, T N ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic mimicry; Batesian mimicry; Hymenoptera; Startle; Syrphidae

Indexed keywords

BEE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOACOUSTICS; FLY; MIMICRY; MORPHOLOGY; WASP;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; DIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; SYRPHIDAE;

EID: 64949105904     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arn148     Document Type: Article

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