A solitary mud-daubing wasp, Brachymenes dyscherus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) fron Brazil with evidence of a life-cyde polyphenism

 

में बचाया:
ग्रंथसूची विवरण
लेखक: Camillo, Evandro
स्वरूप: artículo original
स्थिति:Versión publicada
प्रकाशन तिथि:1999
विवरण:Nests ( n=60 ) of a solitary mud-daubing wasp, Brachymenes dyscherus were conected at Fazenda Santa Carlota, Cajuru, Sao Paulo, Brazil ín 1995 and 1996 . The multi-celled mud nests were constructed on the interior walls of abandoned houses in dry and shaded places. Nests were composed of 1 to 4 layers with cens constructed in two paralle! series. The number of cens per nest ranged from 3 to 62. Cells containing prey (larvae of Lepidoptera) numbered fram 4 to 29. B. dyscherus is a uniyoltíne species. Adults emerge from September to December, and nesting talces place at the beginning of the following year; however, the developmental period for some immatures with proloFlged diapause l3.Sted up to 596 days. The total duration of immature stages
देश:Portal de Revistas UCR
संस्थान:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
भाषा:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/19300
ऑनलाइन पहुंच:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/19300
संकेत शब्द:insecta
eumeninae
wasps
nest structure
natural enemies
polyphenism