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Male Territoriality in the Bumblebee Wolf, Philanthus bicinctus (Mickel) (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae): Observations on the Behaviour of Individual ♂♂
Author(s) -
Gwynne Darryl T.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
zeitschrift für tierpsychologie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.739
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1439-0310
pISSN - 0044-3573
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1978.tb01825.x
Subject(s) - sphecidae , territoriality , hymenoptera , biology , zoology , bumblebee , ecology , kleptoparasitism , foraging , pollen , pollinator , pollination
Observations were made on the behaviour of male Philanthus bicinctus (Mickel) which defend territories around the nesting burrows of ♀♀. ♂♂ were individually identified with small number tags and focal‐animal samples were taken of the behaviour of these ♂♂. Intense interactions were observed between territorial ♂♂ and 1) conspecifics and 2) intruding insects which resembled conspecifics. Evidence is presented which suggests that ♂♂ scent mark their territories.