Sociality improves larval growth in the stag beetle Figulus binodulus (Coleoptera: Lucanidae)

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 379-383

  Morih, Hideaki ^a   Chiba, Satoshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Filial cannibalism; Lucanidae; Nestmate recognition; Parental care; Social behaviour; Stag beetle

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BODY SIZE; CANNIBALISM; GROWTH RATE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NESTMATE RECOGNITION; PARENTAL CARE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

COLEOPTERA; DORCUS PARALLELIPIPEDUS; FIGULUS BINODULUS; LUCANIDAE;

EID: 71949087290     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2009.048     Document Type: Article

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