Sex allocation and sex-dependent selection for body size in Trypoxylon rogenhoferi Kohl (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae) Alocação sexual e seleção sexo-dependente para tamanho de corpo em Trypoxylon rogenhoferi Kohl (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae)

Two populations of the wasp Trypoxylon rogenhoferi Kohl, 1884 from São Carlos and Luís Antônio, State of São Paulo, Brazil, were observed and sampled from May 1999 to February 2001 using trap-nests. This mass-provisioning wasp was used to test some aspects of optimal sex allocation theory. Both popu...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rui Carlos Peruquetti, Marco Antônio Del Lama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia 2003-12-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Entomologia
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262003000400008