Price P W
Science. 1970 Oct 30;170(3957):546-7. doi: 10.1126/science.170.3957.546.
Female parasitic insects in the genera Pleolophus, Endasys, and Mastrus (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) search the ground cover for hosts and avoid areas they have already inspected. Females respond to their own trail odor, and recognition occurs also between conspecific, congeneric, and intergeneric individuals. This is the first direct evidence for recognition between parasitoids at sites other than on the host itself, and between females of different species.
潜蛾姬蜂属（Pleolophus）、恩姬蜂属（Endasys）和马斯姬蜂属（Mastrus）（膜翅目：姬蜂科）的雌性寄生昆虫在地表覆盖物中搜寻宿主，并避开它们已经检查过的区域。雌性会对自身的踪迹气味做出反应，同种、同属和不同属个体之间也会发生识别。这是首次有直接证据表明，寄生蜂在宿主以外的地点之间以及不同物种的雌性之间存在识别现象。
