Mating behavior of an aphidophagous ladybird beetle, Propylea dissecta (Mulsant)

Insect Science

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 37-44

  Omkar, ^a   Ahmad, Pervez ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

Author keywords

Behavior; Coccinellidae; Mating; Propylea dissecta; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944474212     PISSN: 16729609     EISSN: 17447917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1672-9609.2005.00006.x     Document Type: Article

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