NUPTIAL SYSTEM OF A SOCIAL PARASITE WASP, POLISTES-SEMENOWI (HYMENOPTERA VESPIDAE)

Authors
LORENZI MC BERTOLINO F BEANI L
Citation
Mc. Lorenzi et al., NUPTIAL SYSTEM OF A SOCIAL PARASITE WASP, POLISTES-SEMENOWI (HYMENOPTERA VESPIDAE), Ethology, ecology and evolution, (3), 1994, pp. 57-60
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
57 - 60
Database
ISI
SICI code
0394-9370(1994):3<57:NSOASP>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
Male mating activity of Polistes semenowi, observed in a mountain envi ronment, falls into a series of categories common to P. biglumis bimac ulatus, a paper wasp living at high altitude: daily aggregations and t erritorial behaviour at peculiar non-resource sites, i.e. sunlit stone s and slabs in a meadow; a lek-like spatial pattern of territories, ch aracterized by a clear preference for certain sites; sexual behaviour towards conspecific females on habitual perches.