Evidence for Male Horn Dimorphism and Related Pronotal Shape Variation in Copris lunaris (Linnaeus, 1758) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Coprini)

Male horn dimorphism is a rather common phenomenon in dung beetles, where some adult individuals have well-developed head horns (i.e., major males), while others exhibit diminished horn length (i.e., minor males). We focused on horn dimorphism and associated head and pronotum shape variations in Cop...

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Autores principales: Kerman, Kaan, Roggero, Angela, Rolando, Antonio, Palestrini, Claudia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6164466/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30135396
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects9030108

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6164466/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30135396
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects9030108

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