Mechanism of mate detection in parasitoid wasps: Sound and vibratory cues change with the developmental progress of future mates inside host pupal cases

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 292-303

  Danci, Adela ^a   Inducil, Cesar ^a   Takács, Stephen ^a   Schaefer, Paul W ^b   Gries, Gerhard ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hymenoptera; Ichneumonidae; Mate monitoring; Pimpla disparis; Pupal parasitoid; Sound; Vibration

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; PIMPLA;

EID: 84920468954     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: 13653032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/phen.12075     Document Type: Article

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