Sexual behavior of the digger wasp Sphex ingens Smith (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae)

A species' mating system depends on its spatial distribution and temporal availability of mating opportunities, as well as on the resources that create these opportunities. In addition, for many species, courtship is driven by specific behaviors that precede and follow copulation. Although Sphe...

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Main Authors: Carlos Alberto S. Souza, Fábio Prezoto, Mauro Sérgio C.S. Lima, Jonas Pederassi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia 2015-06-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Entomologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262015000200107&lng=en&tlng=en