Notes on paternal care and sibling cannibalism in the giant water bug, Lethocerus deyrolli (Heteroptera: Belostomatidae)

Entomological Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-5

  Ohba, Shin Ya ^a,c   Hidaka, Kazumasa ^a   Sasaki, Masami ^b  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TAMAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aquatic insect; Nymph aggregation; Parental care; Predator species

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BELOSTOMATIDAE; HETEROPTERA; LETHOCERUS;

EID: 33746894615     PISSN: 13438786     EISSN: 14798298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8298.2006.00147.x     Document Type: Article

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