Nectary use for gaining access to an ant host by the parasitoid Orasema simulatrix (Hymenoptera, Eucharitidae)
Eucharitidae is the only family of insects known to specialize as parasitoids of ant brood. Eggs are laid away from the host onto or in plant tissue, and the minute first-instars (planidia) are responsible for gaining access to the host through some form of phoretic attachment to the host ant or pos...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Pensoft Publishers
2012-05-01
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| Series: | Journal of Hymenoptera Research |
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