Precopulatory mate guarding by the male green chafer, Anomala albopilosa sakishimana Nomura (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 455-462

  Arakaki, Norio ^a   Kishita, Mitsunobu ^a   Nagayama, Atsushi ^a   Fukaya, Midori ^b   Yasui, Hiroe ^b   Akino, Toshiharu ^b   Hirai, Yoshio ^b   Wakamura, Sadao ^b  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR KYUSHU OKINAWA REGION   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anomala albopilosa sakishimana; Green chafer; Mate guarding; Mating behavior; Scarab beetle

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; SCAEVOLA; SCAEVOLA SERICEA; SCAEVOLA TACCADA; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 8344247111     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2004.455     Document Type: Article

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