A description of male and female genitalia and a reconstruction of copulatory and fertilisation events in Calopteryx Haemorrhoidalis (Vander linden) (Odonata: Calopterygidae)

Odonatologica

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 205-214

  Cordoba Aguilar A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMSELFLY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

CALOPTERYGIDAE; CALOPTERYX HAEMORRHOIDALIS; ODONATA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 0141674773     PISSN: 03750183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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