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- Title
Comparative aspects of the biology of five Auplopus species (Hymenoptera; Pompilidae; Pepsinae) from Brazil.
- Authors
Buschini, M. L. T.; Luz, V.; Basilio, S.
- Abstract
This study was carried out at the Parque Municipal das Araucárias, in the municipality of Guarapuava, state of Paraná, southern Brazil, from December 2001 to December 2004. Sixty nests belonging to five Auplopus species were collected using trap-nests. The nest cells of all species were built with mud and shaped like a barrel or cylinder, mostly in linear arrangement. Differences between species lie in the colour of the mud and the way in which they organize the mud pellets during the construction of the cells. Few vestibular and intercalary cells were built. The number of cells varied according to the species, never surpassing six cells per nest. We observed a great variation between the five species related to sex ratio and the number of generations per year. Some species presented a delayed life cycle with juveniles entering diapause, others presented an additional short life cycle with no diapause.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; COMPARATIVE studies; HYMENOPTERA; SPIDER wasps; BIOLOGICAL variation; LIFE cycles (Biology); DIAPAUSE
- Publication
Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research, 2007, Vol 45, Issue 4, p329
- ISSN
0947-5745
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1439-0469.2007.00407.x