AERIAL PATROLLING AND THE STRIPES-DISPLAY IN MALES OF PARISCHNOGASTER-MELLYI (HYMENOPTERA STENOGASTRINAE)

Authors
BEANI L TURILLAZZI S
Citation
L. Beani et S. Turillazzi, AERIAL PATROLLING AND THE STRIPES-DISPLAY IN MALES OF PARISCHNOGASTER-MELLYI (HYMENOPTERA STENOGASTRINAE), Ethology, ecology and evolution, (3), 1994, pp. 43-46
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology,"Behavioral Sciences
Journal title
Ethology, ecology and evolution → ACNP
ISSN journal
03949370
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
43 - 46
Database
ISI
SICI code
0394-9370(1994):3<43:APATSI>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
In Stenogastrinae wasps male flight activity is centred on a set of la ndmarks, where males patrol and defend aerial territories from intrude rs, without perching or marking the substrate. Males perform a typical stripes-display in front of their rivals. In a group of captive Paris hnogaster mellyi males, we analyzed the function of this behaviour by means of an experimental enlargement of the stripes-display.