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Inbreeding and arrhenotoky in the ambrosia beetle Xyleborus compactus (Eichh.) (Coleoptera: Scolytidae)
Author(s) -
Entwistle P. F.
Publication year - 1964
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal entomological society of london. series a, general entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.693
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1365-3032
pISSN - 0375-0418
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3032.1964.tb00792.x
Subject(s) - ambrosia beetle , inbreeding , biology , parthenogenesis , bostrichidae , botany , ecology , pest analysis , population , curculionidae , demography , sociology , embryo , microbiology and biotechnology
SYNOPSIS An account is given of the composition of populations in galleries formed by Xyleborus compactus in stems of coffee and cocoa in Western Nigeria. The incidence of arrhenotokous parthenogenesis and of a high degree of inbreeding is described and the possible significance of inbreeding in regard to variation in morphology and behaviour is discussed.