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<journal-id>1870-3453</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista mexicana de biodiversidad]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Mex. Biodiv.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1870-3453</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto de Biología]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1870-34532018000200466</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22201/ib.20078706e.2018.2.2416</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Brood success of the mud-daubing wasp Sceliphron jamaicense (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) in a desert environment]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Éxito de anidación de la avispa lodera Sceliphron jamaicense (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) en un ambiente desértico]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Starr]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Christopher K.]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Falcón-Brindis]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Armando]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Jiménez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[María Luisa]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,University of the West Indies Department of Life Sciences ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Trinidad and Tobago</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Politécnico Nacional Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, S.C. Laboratorio de Aracnología y Entomolología]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[La Paz Baja California Sur]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>89</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>466</fpage>
<lpage>470</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1870-34532018000200466&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1870-34532018000200466&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1870-34532018000200466&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: Examination of old Sceliphron jamaicense (Fabr.) nests at 4 localities near the tip of the Baja California peninsula showed levels of brood success (i.e., the fraction of fully provisioned, closed cells producing viable adult offspring) between 24.6% and 58.1% per site. Failure was predominantly at the pupal stage at all localities. Successful cells are commonly reutilized by other solitary wasps, primarily Trypoxylon (Trypargilum) dubium Coville and Chalybion californicum (Sassure, 1867). There is a pronounced clumping tendency in successes and failures among nests.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: Se llevó a cabo la revisión de nidos de Sceliphron jamaicense (Fabr.) en 4 localidades hacia el extremo austral de la península de Baja California. Las crías de las celdas mostraron niveles de éxito variable (i.e., la proporción de celdas cerradas y provistas con arañas que contenían adultos viables), entre 24.6% y 58.1%, según la localidad. Los fracasos se presentaron generalmente en estado de pupa. Las celdas exitosas a menudo son reutilizadas por otras avispas solitarias, sobre todo por Trypoxylon (Trypargilum) dubium Coville y Chalybion californicum (Sassure). Los éxitos y fracasos de la progenie demostraron un patrón de agregación entre los nidos.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Brood success]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Sceliphron jamaicense]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Sphecidae]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Araneae]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Baja California Sur]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Mexico]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Éxito de anidación]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Sceliphron jamaicense]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Sphecidae]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Araneae]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Baja California Sur]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[México]]></kwd>
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