Ovipositor morphology and egg laying behaviour in the dragonfly Lestes macrostigma (Zygoptera: Lestidae)

International Journal of Odonatology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 69-82

  Matushkina, Natalia A ^a   Lambret, Philippe H ^b  

^a TARAS SHEVCHENKO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KYIV   (Ukraine)

^b Marais du Vigueirat   (France)

Author keywords

Dragonfly; Egg clutch; Egg laying; Lestes macrostigma; Lestidae; Odonata; Ovipositor morphology; Zygoptera

Indexed keywords

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); BOLBOSCHOENUS MARITIMUS; HEXAPODA; JUNCUS MARITIMUS; LESTES MACROSTIGMA; LESTIDAE; ODONATA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 79960874355     PISSN: 13887890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13887890.2011.568190     Document Type: Article

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