Mating behavior of the scarab beetle Dasylepida ishigakiensis (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 669-674

  Arakaki, Norio ^a   Sadoyama, Yasutsune ^a   Kishita, Mitsunobu ^a   Nagayama, Atsushi ^a   Oyafuso, Akira ^b   Ishimine, Masato ^b   Ota, Moriya ^b   Akino, Toshiharu ^c   Fukaya, Midori ^c   Hirai, Yoshio ^c   Yamamura, Kohji ^d   Wakamura, Sadao ^c  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR KYUSHU OKINAWA REGION   (Japan)

^b Miyako Branch   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dasylepida ishigakiensis; Mating behavior; Scarabaeidae; Sugar cane; White grub

Indexed keywords

ARUNDINARIA; COLEOPTERA; SACCHARUM; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 19944431426     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2004.669     Document Type: Article

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