Lek Territoriality in the Tarantula Hawk Wasp Hemipepsis ...

The wasp's mating system resembles lek polygyny in the sense of Emlen and Oring (1977). Introduction In my previous reports on the behavior of the tarantu-la-hawk wasp Hemipepsis ustulata Dahlbohm (Alcock 1978, 1979), I described how individual males defend small trees situated at the tops of mountain peaks and ridges in southern Arizona. ................
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