Male Wing Fanning Performance During Successful and Unsuccessful Mating in the Parasitic Wasp Lariophagus distinguendus Förster (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 228-237

  Benelli, Giovanni ^a   Bonsignori, Gabriella ^b   Stefanini, Cesare ^b   Dario, Paolo ^b   Canale, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Courtship behavior; mating success; parasitoid; physical cues; wing fluttering

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; FABACEAE; HYMENOPTERA; LARIOPHAGUS DISTINGUENDUS; POACEAE; PTEROMALIDAE; VESPOIDEA;

EID: 84873987953     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10905-012-9356-2     Document Type: Article

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