Rediscovery of Eremobittacus spinulatus Byers (Mecoptera, Bittacidae) in Mexico, with description of the female and comments on sexual dimorphism and potential mimicry

Abstract. The female of Eremobittacus spinulatus Byers, 1997 is described for the first time. A key to the two species known of this genus endemic to Mexico is provided, and species distribution is illustrated. A case is made for adults of Eremobittacus to be sexually dimorphic, which appears to be...

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Autores principales: Villagomez, Fernando, Contreras-Ramos, Atilano, Marquez-López, Yesenia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4714058/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26798248
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.539.6623
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description Abstract. The female of Eremobittacus spinulatus Byers, 1997 is described for the first time. A key to the two species known of this genus endemic to Mexico is provided, and species distribution is illustrated. A case is made for adults of Eremobittacus to be sexually dimorphic, which appears to be an exceptional occurrence in Bittacidae. It is claimed that Eremobittacus spinulatus habitus has a wasp-like appearance, which may potentially depict a case of mimicry.
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spelling pubmed-47140582016-01-21 Rediscovery of Eremobittacus spinulatus Byers (Mecoptera, Bittacidae) in Mexico, with description of the female and comments on sexual dimorphism and potential mimicry Villagomez, Fernando Contreras-Ramos, Atilano Marquez-López, Yesenia Zookeys Research Article Abstract. The female of Eremobittacus spinulatus Byers, 1997 is described for the first time. A key to the two species known of this genus endemic to Mexico is provided, and species distribution is illustrated. A case is made for adults of Eremobittacus to be sexually dimorphic, which appears to be an exceptional occurrence in Bittacidae. It is claimed that Eremobittacus spinulatus habitus has a wasp-like appearance, which may potentially depict a case of mimicry. Pensoft Publishers 2015-11-23 /pmc/articles/PMC4714058/ /pubmed/26798248 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.539.6623 Text en Fernando Villagomez, Atilano Contreras-Ramos, Yesenia Marquez-López http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Rediscovery of Eremobittacus spinulatus Byers (Mecoptera, Bittacidae) in Mexico, with description of the female and comments on sexual dimorphism and potential mimicry
title Rediscovery of Eremobittacus spinulatus Byers (Mecoptera, Bittacidae) in Mexico, with description of the female and comments on sexual dimorphism and potential mimicry
title_full Rediscovery of Eremobittacus spinulatus Byers (Mecoptera, Bittacidae) in Mexico, with description of the female and comments on sexual dimorphism and potential mimicry
title_fullStr Rediscovery of Eremobittacus spinulatus Byers (Mecoptera, Bittacidae) in Mexico, with description of the female and comments on sexual dimorphism and potential mimicry
title_full_unstemmed Rediscovery of Eremobittacus spinulatus Byers (Mecoptera, Bittacidae) in Mexico, with description of the female and comments on sexual dimorphism and potential mimicry
title_short Rediscovery of Eremobittacus spinulatus Byers (Mecoptera, Bittacidae) in Mexico, with description of the female and comments on sexual dimorphism and potential mimicry
title_sort rediscovery of eremobittacus spinulatus byers (mecoptera, bittacidae) in mexico, with description of the female and comments on sexual dimorphism and potential mimicry
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4714058/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26798248
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.539.6623
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