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Data from: Release from prey preservation behavior via prey switch allowed diversification of cuticular hydrocarbon profiles in digger wasps [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The cuticle of insects is covered by a layer of hydrocarbons (CHCs), whose original function is the protection from desiccation and pathogens. However, in most insects CHC profiles are species-specific.
Schmitt, Thomas   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Sexual selection and the evolution of male pheromone glands in philanthine wasps (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae)

open access: yesBMC Evolutionary Biology, 2017
Background Sexual selection is thought to promote evolutionary changes and diversification. However, the impact of sexual selection in relation to other selective forces is difficult to evaluate.
Katharina Weiss   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

FIGURES 1–4. Head, frontal view. 1 in The digger wasps of the genus Alysson Panzer (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Bembicinae) of Russia and adjacent territories, with a key to species and new synonymies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
FIGURES 1–4. Head, frontal view. 1. Alysson japonicus, ♀. 2. A. monticola, ♀. 3. A. cameroni, ♂. 4. A. monticola, ♂.Published as part of Nemkov, Pavel G., 2014, The digger wasps of the genus Alysson Panzer (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Bembicinae) of Russia
Nemkov, Pavel G.
core   +1 more source

Historical records of the digger wasps, Astata Latreille 1796 (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Astatinae), from the United States and Canada in the Oregon State Arthropod Collection

open access: yes, 2018
A dataset of 345 observational records is presented for the genus Astata (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Astatinae) based on 329 museum specimens and 16 photo vouchers.
D. Lowenstein   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Female-female attraction influences nest establishment in the digger wasp Stizus continuus (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Although digger wasps are good models for the study of nest site selection, the behaviour of females in relation to time of nest establishment has rarely been considered despite this being the key to discrimination between substrate availability-based ...
J. D. Asís   +5 more
core   +1 more source

The Romance of the Great Golden Digger [PDF]

open access: yes, 1930
Every year for the last fifteen years (and perhaps for much longer) a number of digger wasps have made their nests in the hard-packed sanely soil between Professor Fullerton\u27s room and the heating plant on the campus of the Iowa State Teachers ...
Abbott, Roy L.
core   +1 more source

Digger Wasps as Colonizers of New Habitat (Hymenoptera: Aculeata)

open access: yes, 1974
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
openaire   +1 more source

The Structure of the Gynostegium, Breeding System, and Pollination Ecology of Spider Milkweed, Asclepias viridis Walter (Apocynaceae)

open access: yesOklahoma Native Plant Record, 2016
Reproductive structures, flowering phenology, breeding system, and potential pollinators were described in two populations of Asclepias viridis Walter in Oklahoma in 1997 and 1998. Scanning electron microscopy was used to locate the stigmatic surfaces of
Shang-Wen Liaw
doaj   +1 more source

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