Acoustic courtship songs in males of the fruit fly Anastrepha ludens (Diptera: Tephritidae) associated with geography, mass rearing and courtship success

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 57, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 257-265

  Briceno R D ^a   Hernández, Ma del Refugio ^b   Orozco, Dina ^b   Hanson, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b Desarrollo de Metodos Central Poniente No 14 altos   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Anastrepha; Costa Rica; Courtship; Fruit flies; Mass rearing; Mexico; Sound production; Tephritide

Indexed keywords

ANASTREPHA; ANASTREPHA LUDENS; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 77955303126     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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