Mandible dimorphism in males of a stag beetle, prosopocoilus dissimilis okinawanus (Coleoptera: Lucanidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 487-494

  Shiokawa, Taro ^a   Iwahashi, Osamu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mandible dimorphism; Prosopocoilus dissimilis okinawanus; Stag beetle

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; LUCANIDAE; PROSOPOCOILUS; PSEUDOLUCANUS CAPREOLUS; SIGMOIDEA;

EID: 0034310217     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2000.487     Document Type: Article

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