Insertion and withdrawal of extremely elongated genitalia: A simple mechanism with a highly modified morphology in the leaf beetle, Lema coronata

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 512-520

  Matsumura, Yoko ^a   Yoshizawa, Kazunori ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chrysomelidae; Copulation; Criocerinae; Endophallus; Internal sac; Preadaptation

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; COPULATION; MEMBRANE; MORPHOLOGY;

AGLAONEMA MODESTUM; ANIMALIA; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CRIOCERINAE; LEMA;

EID: 76449113528     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01376.x     Document Type: Article

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