Mate location, antennal morphology, and ecology in two praying mantids (Insecta: Mantodea)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 307-313

  Holwell, G I ^a   Barry, K L ^a   Herberstein, M E ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ciulfina biseriata; Habitat complexity; Mate searching; Population density; Pseudomantis albofimbriata; Sexual signals

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA; DISPERSAL; ECOLOGY; HABITAT QUALITY; INSECT; MATE LOCATION; MORPHOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SENSORY SYSTEM; SEX PHEROMONE; SIGNALING;

ANIMALIA; CIULFINA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MANTIDAE; MANTODEA;

EID: 34447101246     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00788.x     Document Type: Article

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