Segregation of temporal and spatial distribution between kleptoparasites and parasitoids of the eusocial sweat bee, Lasioglossum malachurum (Hymenoptera: Halictidae, Mutillidae)

Entomological Science

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 116-129

  Polidori, Carlo ^a   Borruso, Luigimaria ^a   Boesi, Roberto ^a   Andrietti, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Host searching activity; Kleptoparasite; Myrmilla; Optimal foraging theory; Parasitoid; Sphecodes

Indexed keywords

ANTHOPHORINAE; APOIDEA; CAPITATA; HALICTIDAE; HALICTINAE; HYMENOPTERA; LASIOGLOSSUM MALACHURUM; MUTILLIDAE; NOMADINAE; SPHECODES;

EID: 67949106475     PISSN: 13438786     EISSN: 14798298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8298.2009.00311.x     Document Type: Article

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