Ischnura perparva mclachlan (zygoptera: Coenagrionidae) has an andromorphic female, and another suggestion to modify the terminology of female color polymorphism in odonata

International Journal of Odonatology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 101-103

  Paulson, D R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Coloration; Damselfly; Ischnura perparva; Odonata; Polymorphism; Zygoptera

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442547435     PISSN: 13887890     EISSN: 21596719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13887890.1999.9748117     Document Type: Article

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