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A method for sexing final instar larvae of the genus Onthophagus Latreille (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

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Moczek, AP; Nijhout, HF
Published in: Coleopterists Bulletin
January 1, 2002

Dung beetles of the genus Onthophagus Latreille are used as model systems in behavioral ecology, evolutionary biology, and insect development. In the past, studies on the developmental control of larval and adult form, and studies that seek to integrate development, evolution, and ecology, have been handicapped by experimenters' inability to determine the sex of developing larvae. Here we present a straightforward, reliable, and non-invasive method that permits sexing of Onthophagus Latreille larvae during their early to mid third instar.

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Coleopterists Bulletin

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ISSN

0010-065X

Publication Date

January 1, 2002

Volume

56

Issue

2

Start / End Page

279 / 284

Related Subject Headings

  • Entomology
  • 3109 Zoology
  • 0608 Zoology
 

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Moczek, A. P., & Nijhout, H. F. (2002). A method for sexing final instar larvae of the genus Onthophagus Latreille (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Coleopterists Bulletin, 56(2), 279–284. https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X(2002)056[0279:AMFSFI]2.0.CO;2
Moczek, A. P., and H. F. Nijhout. “A method for sexing final instar larvae of the genus Onthophagus Latreille (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae).” Coleopterists Bulletin 56, no. 2 (January 1, 2002): 279–84. https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X(2002)056[0279:AMFSFI]2.0.CO;2.
Moczek AP, Nijhout HF. A method for sexing final instar larvae of the genus Onthophagus Latreille (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Coleopterists Bulletin. 2002 Jan 1;56(2):279–84.
Moczek, A. P., and H. F. Nijhout. “A method for sexing final instar larvae of the genus Onthophagus Latreille (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae).” Coleopterists Bulletin, vol. 56, no. 2, Jan. 2002, pp. 279–84. Scopus, doi:10.1649/0010-065X(2002)056[0279:AMFSFI]2.0.CO;2.
Moczek AP, Nijhout HF. A method for sexing final instar larvae of the genus Onthophagus Latreille (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Coleopterists Bulletin. 2002 Jan 1;56(2):279–284.

Published In

Coleopterists Bulletin

DOI

ISSN

0010-065X

Publication Date

January 1, 2002

Volume

56

Issue

2

Start / End Page

279 / 284

Related Subject Headings

  • Entomology
  • 3109 Zoology
  • 0608 Zoology