Temperature-dependent regulation of reproduction in the Diving Beetle Dytiscus sharpi (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)

Zoological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1115-1121

  Inoda, Toshio ^a,b   Tajima, Fumitada ^a   Taniguchi, Hiroshi ^a   Saeki, Motoyuki ^a,c   Numakura, Kazuki ^a   Hasegawa, Masami ^d   Kamimura, Shinji ^b  

^a Laboratories of Rare Water Insects ^*  (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Kunitachi Ayumi Nursery School   (Japan)

^d TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diving beetles; Dytiscus; Egg spawning; Gonad development; Mating; Summer reproductive diapause; Temperature

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GONAD; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; FEMALE; GONADS; MALE; OVIPOSITION; OVUM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERM MATURATION; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

COLEOPTERA; DYTISCIDAE; DYTISCUS; DYTISCUS SHARPI; HYGROBIIDAE;

EID: 37649005244     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.24.1115     Document Type: Article

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