Somatic proportions in Genus Megasoma (Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae): Megasoma actaeon

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 342-351

  Christiansen, Per ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Allometry; Megasoma; Sexual selection; Somatic proportions

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BEETLE; BODY SIZE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

CHALCOSOMA; DYNASTES; DYNASTINAE; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 33750904785     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2006)099[0342:SPIGMS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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