Male differentiation patterns in two polyphenic sister species of the genus Onthophagus Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae): A geometric morphometric approach

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 54-62

  Pizzo, A ^a   Mercurio, D ^a   Palestrini, C ^a   Roggero, A ^a   Rolando, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allometry; Developmental investment; Differentiation between species and morphs; External morphology; Male genitalia; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY;

COLEOPTERA; ONTHOPHAGUS; ONTHOPHAGUS TAURUS; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 33645298799     PISSN: 09475745     EISSN: 14390469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2005.00334.x     Document Type: Article

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