Sex ratios, virginity, and local resource enhancement in a quasisocial parasitoid

Sclerodermus harmandi (Buysson) (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) is an economically beneficial 2 species of parasitoid wasp that has an unusual level of sociality: groups of female foundresses 3 reproduce on a single host and exhibit cooperative post-ovipositional brood care. The 4 beneficial effects femal...

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Main Authors: Kapranas, Apostolos, Hardy, Ian C.W., Tang, Xiuyun, Gardner, Andy, Li, Baoping
Format: Article
Published: Wiley 2016
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/31716/