Extreme male leg polymorphic asymmetry in a new empidine dance fly (Diptera: Empididae)

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-14

  Daugeron, Christophe ^a   Plant, Adrian ^b   Winkler, Isaac ^c   Stark, Andreas ^d,e   Baylac, Michel ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut ^*  (Germany)

^e SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Empis; Mating behaviour; New species; Polymorphic asymmetry

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; FLY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MALE; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; TAXONOMY;

JAPAN;

DIPTERA; EMPIDIDAE; EMPIDINAE; EMPIS;

EID: 79551498678     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0726     Document Type: Article

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