Sexual behaviour in Paraphlebia quinta calvert: Male dimorphism and a possible example of female control (zygoptera: Megapodagrionidae)

Odonatologica

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 345-353

  Gonzalez Soriano E ^a   Cordoba Aguilar A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMSELFLY; DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

LOS TUXTLAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; VERACRUZ;

INSECTA; MEGAPODAGRIONIDAE; ODONATA; PARAPHLEBIA; PARAPHLEBIA QUINTA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 0346127428     PISSN: 03750183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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