Sperm transfer by spermatophore in Diptera: New results from the Diopsidae

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 305-323

  Kotrba, Marion ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mating behaviour; Reproductive system; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

CYRTODIOPSIS; DIASEMOPSIS; DIOPSIDAE; DIOPSIS; DIPTERA; SCHIZOPHORA; SPHYRACEPHALA; TELEOPSIS;

EID: 0030305792     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/zjls.1996.0041     Document Type: Article

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