OBSERVATIONS ON A DECLINING NEST OFPOLISTES TEPIDUS(F.) (HYMENOPTERA: VESPIDAE)

1 November 1982

journal article
Published by Wiley in Australian Journal of Entomology

Vol. 21 (4) , 277-278
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-6055.1982.tb01813.x

Abstract

Mating and trophallaxis were recorded from a declining nest ofPolities tepidusin Brisbane. Matings occurred throughout the day, averaging 161 s in duration, most being terminated following a series of male abdominal thrusts.

Keywords

POLISTES
DECLINING NEST
TERMINATED
THRUSTS
MALE
DURATION
TROPHALLAXIS
VESPIDAE

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Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.), 1976