Open AccessStrange loves: a remarkable case of aberrant copulation in beetles (Coleoptera: Meloidae, Chrysomelidae)
Author(s) -
Andrea Di Giulio,
Silvia Gisondi,
Marco Molfini,
Alessandra Riccieri,
Giulia Scarparo,
Marco Alberto Bologna
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
fragmenta entomologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2284-4880
pISSN - 0429-288X
DOI - 10.4081/fe.2017.260
Subject(s) - biology , zoology , leaf beetle , botany , larva
A case of copulation between two mimic and repellent beetle species (a male of Timarcha fracassii, and a female of Meloe autumnalis), belonging to distinct families (Chrysomelidae, Meloidae), is recorded
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