We know too little about parasitoid wasp distributions to draw any conclusions about latitudinal trends in species richness, body size and biology.

Much has been written about latitudinal trends in parasitoid diversity and biology, though it is widely recognised that they are a comparatively poorly known group. Here I show that for both braconid and ichneumonid wasps there are highly significant relationships between body size and the mean reco...

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Main Author: Donald L J Quicke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3280234?pdf=render