Title:

Morphology and ecology of the parasitic Hymenoptera: analysis of three morphological parameters and their relationship to environmental factors

Subtitle:

Morphology and ecology of the parasitic Hymenoptera

Creator:

Ulrich, Werner

Contributor:

Polish Academy of Sciences. Institute of Ecology

Publisher:

Polish Academy of Sciences. Institute of Ecology. Publishing Office

Place of publishing:

Dziekanów Leśny

Date issued/created:

1999

Description:

Pages 117-133 : illustrations ; 27 cm ; Bibliographical references (pages 132-133)

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

Hymenoptera ; parasitoids ; morphology ; wing surface ; ovipositor length ; flight ability ; allometric dependence

Abstract:

In the parasitic Hymenoptera of a dry meadow on limestone and a beech forest on limestone (both near Göttingen, FRG) three morphological parameters were analyzed and related to environmental factors: the relative wing surface, the ovipositor length and the relative length of the hind leg (as a measure of body-compactness). Two coefficients of wing surface and one of body-compactness are developed. Wing surface and length of legs turned out to be allometrically related to the thorax volume of the species. Soil living parasitoids had the relatively largest wings and longest hind legs; parasitoids of the canopy level showed the opposite trend. On the dry meadow many more wingless or short winged species occurred than in the beech wood; these species also reached higher densities. In the fully winged species there were more species with smaller wing surfaces on the dry meadow than in the beech wood. Idiobiontic parasitoids appeared to have much higher proportions of wing reduced species than koinobiontic species. The impact of these differences in morphology on community structure is discussed.

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Relation:

Polish Journal of Ecology

Volume:

47

Issue:

2

Start page:

117

End page:

133

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Resource Identifier:

ISSN 1505-2249

Source:

MiIZ PAN, call no. P.2840 ; click here to follow the link

Language:

eng

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Creative Commons Attribution BY 3.0 PL license

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Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

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Operational Program Digital Poland, 2014-2020, Measure 2.3: Digital accessibility and usefulness of public sector information; funds from the European Regional Development Fund and national co-financing from the state budget.

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