Mating marks on museum specimens reveal breeding patterns in species of Pterostichus Bonelli (Carabidae, Pterostichini)

We found distinct and consistently placed, species- and sex-specific abrasions of the cuticle on museum specimens of 14 species of the Pterostichus Bonelli, 1810 (Carabidae, Pterostichini) subgenusHypherpes Chaudoir, 1838. We deduced that these marks are generated during mating and, therefore, can b...

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Autores principales: Will, Kipling, Mendez, Patina K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2021
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8486734/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34690517
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e70897

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8486734/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34690517
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e70897

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