Sexual dimorphism in head structures of the weevil Rhopalapion longirostre (Olivier 1807) (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea): A response to ecological demands of egg deposition

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 642-660

  Wilhelm, Gertha ^a   Handschuh, Stephan ^a,b   Plant, John ^a   Nemeschkal, Hans Leo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND COGNITION RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Head morphology; Mandible musculature; MicroCT; Morphology; Sexual dimorphic exaggeration; Three dimensional reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BEETLE; DICOTYLEDON; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HOST PLANT; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ALCEA ROSEA; BRENTIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; CURCULIONOIDEA; RHOPALAPION LONGIROSTRE;

EID: 80054712317     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01751.x     Document Type: Article

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