Entering behavior of Gasteruption brachychaetum Schrottky (Hymenoptera, Gasteruptiidae) into a nest of Hylaeus Fabricius (Hymenoptera, Colletidae) Comportamento de entrada de Gasteruption brachychaetum Schrottky (Hymenoptera, Gasteruptiidae) em um ninho de Hylaeus Fabricius (Hymenoptera, Colletidae)

Entering behavior of Gasteruption brachychaetum Schrottky (Hymenoptera, Gasteruptiidae) into a nest of Hylaeus Fabricius (Hymenoptera, Colletidae) Comportamento de entrada de Gasteruption brachychaetum Schrottky (Hymenoptera, Gasteruptiidae) em um ninho de Hylaeus Fabricius (Hymenoptera, Colletidae)

Nests of Hylaeus aff. guaraniticus (Schrottky, 1906) were parasited by females of Gasteruption brachychaetum Schrottky, 1906 in trap nests in São Paulo (Brazil). This is thefirst host record of a Gasteruptiidae in the Neotropical Region. The behavior of a G.brachychaetum female entering a host'...

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Main Authors: Antonio Carlos Cruz Macedo, Guaraci Duran Cordeiro, Isabel Alves-dos-Santos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia 2012-09-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Entomologia
Subjects:
Evanioidea
Gasteruption
Hylaeus
parasitóide
abelha solitária
parasitic wasp
solitary bee
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