Efficiency of sperm use for fertilization and the pattern of sperm decrease in the female sperm storage organ of the bean bug, Riptortus clavatus thunberg (Heteroptera: Alydidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 363-368

  Sakurai, Tamito ^a,b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fertilization; Riptortus clavatus; Sperm depletion; Sperm use; Spermatheca

Indexed keywords

ALYDIDAE; HETEROPTERA; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); RIPTORTUS CLAVATUS;

EID: 0032270143     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.33.363     Document Type: Article

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