Sexual Characters of Species of Diabrotica (Chrysomelidae: Coleoptera)
- 15 March 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Annals of the Entomological Society of America
- Vol. 70 (2) , 168
- https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/70.2.168
Abstract
Members of the genus Diabrotica are readily sexed. Males possesses an extra sclerite at the abdominal apex that females lack. In side view the male abdomen appears blunt, whereas the female abdomen appears point-ed. Living beetles can be easily sexed with a hand lens.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: