Sexual dimorphism and the making of oversized male characters in beetles (Coleoptera)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 327-341

  Kawano, Kazuo ^a  

^a NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allometry; Body size; Intraspecific variability; Oversized apparatus; Phylogenetic inertia

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BEETLE; BODY SIZE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 33750900790     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2006)099[0327:SDATMO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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