A case of viviparity in a tropical non-parasitizing earwig (Dermaptera Spongiphoridae)

Tropical Zoology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 237-241

  Kočárek, Petr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSTRAVA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Chaetospania; Dermaptera; Ovoviviparity; Reproduction; Spongiphoridae; Viviparity

Indexed keywords

DERMAPTERA; HEMIMERIDAE; LABIIDAE; MARAVA ARACHIDIS;

EID: 77649298967     PISSN: 03946975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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