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Reaction of parasitoids of the paper wasp Polistes dominulus (Christ) (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae) to the host distribution

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The specific features of spatio-temporal organization of the parasitoid-host system in a heterogeneous environment was analyzed. The spatial distribution of ectoparasitoids in different habitat types of their host Polistes dominulus (Christ) (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) was found to be non-uniform. Latibulus argiolus (Rossi) (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) prevailed in the host nests located in shelters, while Elasmus schmitti Ruschka (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) prevailed in the nests attached to plants.

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Original Russian Text © L.Yu. Rusina, 2008, published in Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 2008, Vol. 87, No. 3, pp. 514–536.

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Rusina, L.Y. Reaction of parasitoids of the paper wasp Polistes dominulus (Christ) (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae) to the host distribution. Entmol. Rev. 88, 881–897 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873808080010

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