Spermatophore transfer and ejection in the beetle Pseudoxychila tarsalis (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae)

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-9

  Rafael Lucas Rodriguez S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; COPULATION; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; MATING BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOPHORE; TRANSFER FUNCTION;

PSEUDOXYCHILA TARSALIS;

EID: 0343569863     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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