Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Deuteragenia ossarium, "the Bone-house Wasp" is a South-East China species of pompilid wasp named after graveyard bone-houses or ossuaries, from its characteristic use of a vestibular cell filled with dead ants which is built by the female wasp to close the nest after she lays her eggs.This technique is theorized to make the species' nests less vulnerable to predatory enemies than nests of other sympatric trap-nesting wasps, possibly by utilizing chemical cues in odors from the dead ants to camouflage the nest from predators, or repel them.The ant most frequently found in the vestibular cell was Pachycondyla astuta, an aggressive species with a potent sting. D. ossarium parasitism rates were significantly lower than other cavity-nesting wasp species."@en }
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- Deuteragenia_ossarium abstract "Deuteragenia ossarium, "the Bone-house Wasp" is a South-East China species of pompilid wasp named after graveyard bone-houses or ossuaries, from its characteristic use of a vestibular cell filled with dead ants which is built by the female wasp to close the nest after she lays her eggs.This technique is theorized to make the species' nests less vulnerable to predatory enemies than nests of other sympatric trap-nesting wasps, possibly by utilizing chemical cues in odors from the dead ants to camouflage the nest from predators, or repel them.The ant most frequently found in the vestibular cell was Pachycondyla astuta, an aggressive species with a potent sting. D. ossarium parasitism rates were significantly lower than other cavity-nesting wasp species.".