Definition of Wing Form and Morphometric Traits of the Adult Stink Bug, Pyrrhocoris sibiricus (Heteroptera: Pyrrhocoridae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 551-556

  Sakashita, Takuji ^a   Nakasuji, Fusao ^a   Fujisaki, Kenji ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brachypters; Macropters; Pyrrhocoris sibiricus; Wing polymorphism

Indexed keywords

GRAPHOSOMA LINEATUM; HETEROPTERA; PYRRHOCORIDAE; PYRRHOCORIS;

EID: 0030374749     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.31.551     Document Type: Article

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