Inherited Melanism in the Large Milkweed Bug, Oncopeltus fasciatus (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae)
- 15 March 1968
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Annals of the Entomological Society of America
- Vol. 61 (2) , 542
- https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/61.2.542
Abstract
In July 1966 there appeared in my colony of the large milkweed bug, Oncopeltus fasciatus (Dallas), a male bug with a black dorsum. The top of the head, the pronotum, and the hemelytra were completely black. This melanic male was bred to a normally colored female, and about a third of the resulting progeny were black dorsally. From this stock have been bred several hundred “black” bugs.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: