Sexual behavior and the enlarged hind legs of male Megalopus armatus (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Megalopodinae)

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-8

  Eberhard, William G ^a,b   Marin, Mary Carmen ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COURTING; MORPHOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR;

CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; MEGALOPODINAE; MEGALOPUS ARMATUS;

EID: 0030432071     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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