Mechanisms of sperm transfer and storage in the red flour beetle (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 892-897

  Bloch Qazi, Margaret C ^a   Herbeck, Joshua T ^a   Lewis, Sara M ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aperm storage; Copulation; Sperm movement; Spermatheca; Spermatophore; Tribolium

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; TENEBRIONIDAE; TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

EID: 4243077705     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aesa/89.6.892     Document Type: Article

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