Mating behavior of the eucalyptus longhorned borer (coleoptera: cerambycidae) and the adaptive significance of long "horns"

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 383-393

  Hanks, Lawrence M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antennae; Cerambycidae; Male aggression; Mating behavior; Phoracantha semipunctata

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001762193     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02214017     Document Type: Article

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