Oocyte resorption in scarabaeinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae): A review

Coleopterists Bulletin

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 251-268

  Lopez Guerrero, Yrma ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NESTING BEHAVIOUR; OOCYTE RESORPTION; OVIPOSITION; PARENTAL CARE;

COLEOPTERA; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 0030429408     PISSN: 0010065X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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