Early emergence of males in the termite Reticulitermes speratus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae): Protandry as a side effect of sexual size dimorphism

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 625-628

  Matsuura, Kenji ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alate; Developmental constraint; Eclosion; Sexual dimorphism; Swarming

Indexed keywords

FECUNDITY; PROTANDRY; PROTOGYNY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION; TERMITE;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES SPERATUS; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 33750918650     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2006)99[625:EEOMIT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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