Threading a needle with reinforced thread: Intromission in Ceratitis capitata (Diptera, Tephritidae)

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 174-181

  Eberhard, William G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

CAPITATA; CERATITIS CAPITATA; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 20344363199     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/n04-077     Document Type: Article

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