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How tight are beetle hugs? Attachment in mating leaf beetles
Similar to other leaf beetles, rosemary beetles Chrysolina americana exhibit a distinct sexual dimorphism in tarsal attachment setae. Setal discoid terminals occur only in males, and they have been previously associated with a long-term attachment to the female's back (elytra) during copulation...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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The Royal Society Publishing
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5627132/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28989792 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.171108 |