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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Pensoft Publishers
2021
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| 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 |