Larval Arrest in Development of Tribolium castaneum (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
- 1 December 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Environmental Entomology
- Vol. 15 (6) , 1264-1267
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/15.6.1264
Abstract
Arrested larval development (in the last larval instar) of part of the total larval population has been detected in moderately crowded situations (40 larvae in 2 g food) in Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) cultures This phenomenon is the same found previously in highly crowded cultures of Drosophila melanogaster (Meigen) and other related species. The arrest may be viewed as a mechanism of physiological adaptation of organisms to competitive situations.Keywords
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