The elytro-femoral stridulatory apparatus in Curculionidae (Coleoptera), with notes on the acoustic behaviour of Arniticus hylobioides (Boheman 1843) and Erodiscus proximus (Viana 1959), and thanatosis display in the latter species

Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 165-170

  Gaiger, Fabio ^a   Vanin, Sergio Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acoustical behaviour; Curculionidae; Erodiscini; Hylobiini; Morphology; Stridulation

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; CURCULIONINAE; HYLOBIINI; MOLYTINAE;

EID: 33845248023     PISSN: 00379271     EISSN: 21686351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2006.10700619     Document Type: Article

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