Patch exploitation and defence in the egg parasitoid Trissolcus basalis Wollaston (Hymenoptera : Scelionidae) / Scott A. Field.

Trissolcus basalis (Wollaston) is a solitary endoparasitoid of the eggs of many pentatomid bugs. It is a quasi-gregarious scelenoid and aggressively defends host patches. In the Adelaide (S. Aust.) region its most abundant host is the native horehound bug, Agonoscelis rutila (Fabricius). This study of patch defence draws together important areas of research in parasitoid behavioural ecology, including the theories of adaptive superparasitism, sex ratio decisions, foraging behaviour and contest resolution.

Author dc:creator

• Field, Scott A.

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en

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http://hdl.handle.net/2440/18936

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oai:digital.library.adelaide.edu.au:2440/18936