Epicuticular compounds and sexual recognition in the ball-roller scarab, Canthon cyanellus cyanellus

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-27

  Ortiz Domínguez, Maribel ^a   Favila, Mario E ^a   Mendoza López, María R ^b   García Barradas, Oscar ^b   Cruz Sánchez, Jesús S ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Coleoptera; Cuticular compounds; Dung beetle; Mate recognition; Scarabaeidae; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

CANTHON CYANELLUS; COLEOPTERA; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 33645106045     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2006.00388.x     Document Type: Article

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