Copulatory behaviour and the process of intromission in Anastrepha ludens (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 291-297

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

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b Prog Mosc Mosc Desa de Métodos Cen Poni No 14 altos Esq   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Anastrepha ludens; Copulatory behavior; Fruit flies; Genitalia; Penetration process

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COPULATION; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; TEPHRITIDAE;

ANIMALS; COPULATION; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; MALE; TEPHRITIDAE;

ANASTREPHA LUDENS; ARTHROPODA; DIPTERA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 79952820374     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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