Copulation, the dynamics of sperm transfer and female refractoriness in the leafhopper Balclutha incisa (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae)

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 343-352

  Bailey, Winston J ^a   Nuhardiyati, Marsusi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Female refractory period; Leafhopper; Mating; Mating interval; Sperm morphology; Sperm transfer

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; MATING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SPERM;

AUCHENORRHYNCHA; BALCLUTHA INCISA; CICADELLIDAE; DELTOCEPHALINAE; HEMIPTERA;

EID: 28944443112     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: 13653032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2005.00469.x     Document Type: Article

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