Courtship behavior of male Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae) in captivity

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 130-143

  Briceno R D ^a   Ramos, D ^a,b   Eberhard, William G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b Inst Nac Recurs Nat Renovables   (Panama)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

behavior; Ceratitis; courtship; Medflies

Indexed keywords

CAPITATA; CERATITIS; CERATITIS CAPITATA; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 0030001586     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3495810     Document Type: Conference Paper

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