Mating behavior, insemination and sperm transfer in the ground beetle Carabus insulicola

Zoological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1067-1073

  Takami, Yasuoki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carabidae; Genitalia; Sexual selection; Sperm bundle; Spermatophore

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BEETLE; COPULATION; EJACULATION; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; TIME;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; COPULATION; EJACULATION; FEMALE; GENITALIA; INSEMINATION; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERM TRANSPORT; SPERMATOZOA; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CARABIDAE; CARABUS INSULICOLA; COLEOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036770707     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.19.1067     Document Type: Article

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