Dependence of brood cell length on nesting cavity width in Xylicolous solitary wasps of genera ancistrocerus and symmorphus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

Acta Zoologica Lituanica

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 68-76

  Budrys, Eduardas ^a   Budriene, Anna ^a   Nevronyte, Žaneta ^a  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Eumeninae; Nesting behaviour; Solitary wasps; Trap nest

Indexed keywords

ANCISTROCERUS; EUMENINAE; HYMENOPTERA; MEGASCOLIA FLAVIFRONS; VESPIDAE;

EID: 77950261888     PISSN: 13921657     EISSN: 16486919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10043-010-0010-y     Document Type: Article

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