Genital morphology and taxonomy of the water strider Aquarius remigis (Say) (Insecta, Hemiptera-Heteroptera: Gerridae)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 381-398

  Damgaard, Jakob ^a,b   Christiansen, Per ^b  

^a Biological Institute   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cryptic species; Dorsal vesical plate; Gerrinae; Hybridization zone; Mating strategies; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISM; BODY SIZE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HYBRID ZONE; INSECT; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; NOMENCLATURE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPECIES COMPLEX; TAXONOMY; TYPE LOCALITY; TYPE SPECIMEN;

ARIZONA; CENTRAL AMERICA; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

AQUARIUS REMIGIS; GERRIDAE; GERRINAE; HEMIPTERA; HETEROPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 33847243348     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2006.00729.x     Document Type: Article

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