Why do male Xylographus contractus Mellié (Coleoptera: Ciidae) present abdominal fovea? Evidence of sexual pheromone secretion

Autor: Fabiano Gumier-Costa, Carlos Frankl Sperber, Cristiano Lopes-Andrade

Publikováno v: Neotropical Entomology, Volume: 32, Issue: 2, Pages: 217-220, Published: JUN 2003
Neotropical Entomology v.32 n.2 2003
Neotropical entomology
Sociedade Entomológica do Brasil (SEB)
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Most male ciids present a fovea in the first urosternite. We tested two alternative hypotheses for the function of male abdominal fovea in Xylographus contractus Mellié: (i) the fovea secretes sexual pheromone, and (ii) the fovea secretes aggregatio

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