Genital shape correlates with sperm transfer success in the praying mantis Ciulfina klassi (Insecta: Mantodea)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 617-625

  Holwell, Gregory I ^a,b   Winnick, Claire ^a   Tregenza, Tom ^c   Herberstein, Marie E ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Copulation duration; Genital evolution; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; INSECT; MORPHOLOGY; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM; TEMPORAL PERIOD;

CIULFINA; INSECTA; MANTIDAE; MANTIS RELIGIOSA; MANTODEA;

EID: 77950526451     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-009-0879-2     Document Type: Article

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