Mating and reproduction of predaceous diving beetles, Dytiscus sharpi, observed under artificial breeding conditions

Zoological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 377-382

  Inoda, Toshio ^a  

^a NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Artificial breeding; Diving beetles; Dytiscus sharpi; Mating season; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MALE; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; OVIPOSITION; OVUM; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; DYTISCIDAE; DYTISCUS; DYTISCUS SHARPI; HEXAPODA; HYGROBIIDAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038462039     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.20.377     Document Type: Article

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