Morphometric analysis of intraspecific shape variation in male and female genitalia of Phyllophaga hirticula (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 144-150

  Polihronakis, Maxi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Genitalic evolution; Intraspecific variation; Morphometrics; Phyllophaga hirticula; Postcopulatory sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; FEMALE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MORPHOMETRY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; MELOLONTHINAE; PHYLLOPHAGA HIRTICULA; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 31544467063     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2006)099[0144:MAOISV]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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