Mating behavior of two Pseudoxychila beetles (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae)

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 735-750

  Rodríguez S , Rafael Lucas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; MATING BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION;

COLEOPTERA; PSEUDOXYCHILA BIPUSTULATA; PSEUDOXYCHILA TARSALIS;

EID: 0032414755     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/Ent130735-6     Document Type: Article

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