Mating behaviour and insemination in Diplatys flavicollis, an earwig with double-barrelled penises and a variable number of female sperm-storage organs

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 262, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-46

  Kamimura, Yoshitaka ^a,b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RISSHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diplatys flavicollis; Earwig; Genital morphology; Paired penises; Sperm storage

Indexed keywords

INSECT; MATING BEHAVIOR; MORPHOLOGY; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SPERM;

DERMAPTERA; DIPLATYIDAE; DIPLATYS FLAVICOLLIS; INSECTA;

EID: 1642546541     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836903004370     Document Type: Article

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