Sneaky African fig wasps that oviposit through holes drilled by other species

African Natural History

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-15

  Compton, Stephen G ^a   van Noort, Simon ^b,c   McLeish, Michael ^a,d   Deeble, Mark ^e   Stone, Victoria ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^e Old Coastguards   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Biology; Ecology; Ficus; Fig wasp; Inquiline; Parasitoid; Sycoryctinae.

Indexed keywords

AGAONIDAE; APOCRYPTA; CHALCIDOIDEA; FICUS (ANGIOSPERM); FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MORACEAE; PTEROMALIDAE; SYCORYCTES; SYCORYCTINAE; WATSHAMIELLA;

EID: 77949849248     PISSN: 18168396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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