Mating behavior and genital damage during copulation in the leaf beetle Lema coronata (Chrysomelidae: Criocerinae)

Entomological Science

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 215-217

  Matsumura, Yoko ^a   Akimoto, Shin Ichi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coleoptera; Elongated genitalia; Morphology

Indexed keywords

CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CRIOCERINAE; LEMA;

EID: 67949104966     PISSN: 13438786     EISSN: 14798298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8298.2009.00315.x     Document Type: Article

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