Observations on sex ratio and behavior of males in Xyleborinus saxesenii Ratzeburg (Scolytinae, Coleoptera)

ZooKeys

Volumn 56, Issue SPEC. ISSUE, 2010, Pages 253-267

  Biedermann, Peter H W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

All male broods; Ambrosia beetles; Haplodiploidy; Inbreeding; Lmc; Subsociality

Indexed keywords

AMBROSIA; COLEOPTERA; PLATYPODINI; SCOLYTINAE; XYLEBORINI; XYLEBORINUS;

EID: 78049488629     PISSN: 13132989     EISSN: 13132970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.56.530     Document Type: Article

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