Allometric patterns of heads and genitalia in the stag beetle Lucanus maculifemoratus (Coleoptera: Lucanidae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 462-466

  Tatsuta, Haruki ^a,b   Mizota, Koji ^c   Akimoto, Shin Ichi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allometry; Genitalia; Head; Lock and key hypothesis; Lucanidae; Sexual selection hypothesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242571121     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2001)094[0462:APOHAG]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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