Successful hatching from eggs carried by females and naturally removed from incubant males in Belostoma spp. Water bugs (Heteroptera: Belostomatidae)

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 515-517

  Estévez, Ana Lía ^a   de Reyes, Cristina Armúa ^b   Schnack, Juan A ^a  

^a MUSEO DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL NORDESTE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Belostomatinae; Egg brooding; Parental investment; Sexual roles

Indexed keywords

BELOSTOMA; BELOSTOMA ELEGANS; BELOSTOMATIDAE; BELOSTOMATINAE; HETEROPTERA;

ANIMAL; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; HETEROPTERA; MALE; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; FEMALE; HETEROPTERA; MALE; OVIPOSITION; OVUM; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 48549092084     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: 22152075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15517/rbt.v54i2.13909     Document Type: Article

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