Sexual dimorphism in body dimensions and antennal sensilla in the white grub beetle, Dasylepida ishigakiensis (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 455-461

  Tanaka, Seiji ^a   Yukuhiro, Fumiko ^a   Wakamura, Sadao ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antennal sensilla; Dasylepida ishigakiensis; Gynandromorphy; Sexual dimorphism; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; DASYLEPIDA ISHIGAKIENSIS; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 33845458740     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: 1347605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2006.455     Document Type: Article

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