Epipharynx shape as a tool to reveal differentiation patterns between insect sister species: insights from Onthophagus taurus and O. illyricus (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Organisms Diversity and Evolution

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 189-200

  Pizzo, Astrid ^a   Macagno, Anna Lorenza Maria ^a   Roggero, Angela ^a   Rolando, Antonio ^a   Palestrini, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Geometric morphometrics; Horn polyphenism; Sexual dimorphism; Sister species; Static allometry; Trade off

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY; BEETLE; MORPHOMETRY; PHENOTYPE; SHAPE; TAXONOMY;

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; ONTHOPHAGUS; ONTHOPHAGUS TAURUS; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 67649771212     PISSN: 14396092     EISSN: 16181077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ode.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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