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Striking cuticular hydrocarbon dimorphism in the mason waspOdynerus spinipesand its possible evolutionary cause (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae, Vespidae)

Wurdack, Mareike ; Herbertz, Sina ; Dowling, Daniel ; Kroiss, Johannes ; Strohm, Erhard ; Baur, Hannes ; Niehuis, Oliver ; Schmitt, Thomas



Zusammenfassung

Cleptoparasitic wasps and bees smuggle their eggs into the nest of a host organism. Here the larvae of the cleptoparasite feed upon the food provision intended for the offspring of the host. As cleptoparasitism incurs a loss of fitness for the host organism (offspring of the host fail to develop), hosts of cleptoparasites are expected to exploit cues that alert them to potential cleptoparasite ...

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