Spiders used as prey by the hunting wasp Trypoxylon (Trypargilum) agamemnon Richards (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae)

Zoological Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 169-175

  Buschini, Maria Luisa Tunes ^a   Caldas, Talita Ribas ^a   Borba, Neide Augusta ^a   Brescovit, Antônio Domingos ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO CENTRO OESTE   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Crabronidae; Prey use; Spider; Trypoxylon agamemnon

Indexed keywords

ANYPHAENIDAE; ARANEAE; CRABRONIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; TRYPOXYLON;

EID: 80855153574     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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