Nymphal occurrence pattern and predation risk in the subsocial shield bug, Parastrachia japonensis (Heteroptera: Cydnidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 209-212

  Nomakuchi, Shintaro ^a   Filippi, Lisa ^a   Hironaka, Mantaro ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nymphal independence; Parastrachia japonensis; Parental care; Predation risk; Shield bug

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035343911     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2001.209     Document Type: Article

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