Determination of Sex of the Douglas-fir Beetle Dendroctonus pseudotsugae Hopkins (Coleoptera: Scolytidae)
- 1 October 1964
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Canadian Entomologist
- Vol. 96 (10) , 1327-1329
- https://doi.org/10.4039/ent961327-10
Abstract
A comparison of four sex determination methods shows that microscopic observation of the elytral declivity is the most accurate and rapid method for sexing large quantities of Douglas-fir beetles.Keywords
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