The Biology of Hover Wasps

• Main Author: Turillazzi, Stefano (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Behavioral sciences.; Evolutionary biology.; Zoology.; Entomology.; Life Sciences.; Behavioral Sciences.; Evolutionary Biology.

This book represents the culmination of the author’s lifetime work on a single fascinating group of insects, the hover wasps, Stenogastrinae. The author explores the biology of these little-known wasps at the threshold of sociality, presenting an ambitious survey of ideas about their evolution and a...

Table of Contents:

• The Hover Wasps
• Morphology and Anatomy
• Behaviour
• Colonial Dynamics
• Social Communication
• The Nest of Hover Wasps
• The Evolution of Social Behaviour in Insects and the Hover Wasps.