Revisiting paternal care in the assassin bug, Atopozelus pallens (Heteroptera: Reduviidae)

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 431-436

  Tallamy, Douglas W ^a   Walsh, Evelyn ^a   Peck, Daniel C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

assassin bug; Atopozelus pallens; maternal care; paternal care; Reduviidae

Indexed keywords

HETEROPTERA; REDUVIIDAE;

EID: 4844230918     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOIR.0000042532.50112.0c     Document Type: Article

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