Open AccessFUNCTIONAL REACTION OF PARASITOIDS IN LOCAL SETTLEMENTS OF THE SOCIAL WASP POLISTES NIMPHA (CHRIST, 1791) IN THE TERRITORY OF THE MESHCHERSKY NATIONAL PARK
Author(s) -
A.Yu. Kosyakova,
A.S. Lukina,
L. Yu. Rusina,
Moscow Zoo
Publication year - 2020
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.17223/978-5-94621-931-0-2020-19
Subject(s) - polistes , national park , host (biology) , hymenoptera , paper wasp , human settlement , ecology , larva , natural enemies , nest (protein structural motif) , vespidae , biology , geography , archaeology , biochemistry
Ectoparasitoids Latibulus argiolus and Elasmus schmitti were found in 62 nests of Polistes nimpha. P. nimpha colonies nested in the attics of buildings (Meshchersky National Park, Ryazan region). Parasitoids had shown the functional reaction, choosing larger nests, and parasitized there a large number of host larvae.