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Sexual Dimorphism and Morphological Modularity in Acanthoscelides obtectus (Say, 1831) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae): A Geometric Morphometric Approach

SIMPLE SUMMARY: The seed beetle Acanthoscelides obtectus used in this study is a worldwide pest species that inhabits storage facilities and fields of beans. Knowing that sexual dimorphism is very common among insects, we investigated the level of morphological differences between the sexes. Such an...

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Autores principales: Budečević, Sanja, Savković, Uroš, Đorđević, Mirko, Vlajnić, Lea, Stojković, Biljana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8070904/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33919947
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects12040350