The courtship song of fanning males in the fruit fly parasitoid Psyttalia concolor (Szépligeti) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 303-309

  Canale, A ^a   Benelli, G ^a   Lanzo, F ^a   Giannotti, P ^a   Mazzoni, V ^b   Lucchi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

acoustic cues; mating system; Opiinae; parasitic wasp; sensory channels; wing fluttering

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CONSPECIFIC; COURTSHIP; DICOTYLEDON; ENDOPARASITE; FLY; LARVA; MALE; PARASITOID; PUPA; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SONG; WASP; WING;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; FORELIMB; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUND DETECTION; TEPHRITIDAE; WASP;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; TEPHRITIDAE; WASPS; WING;

BACTROCERA OLEAE; BRACONIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; OPIINAE; OPIUS CONCOLOR; TEPHRITIDAE; VESPOIDEA;

EID: 84876433403     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: 14752670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007485312000715     Document Type: Article

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