Successful hatching from eggs carried by females and naturally removed from incubant males in Belostoma spp. water bugs (Heteroptera: Belostomatidae)

 

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Författarna: Estévez, Ana Lía, Armúa de Reyes, Cristina, Schnack, Juan A.
Materialtyp: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Utgivningstid:2006
Beskrivning:Within Belostomatinae water bug species (Heteroptera, Belostomatidae) it has been hitherto believed that the completion of embryonic development is successful only if eggs are incubated on male hemelytra. Nevertheless, we found egg successful hatching from aback-brooding Belostomaelegans (Mayr) and B. mican-tulum (Stål) females, as well as from fertilized eggs kicked off from four back-brooder B. elegans males. One “encumbered” B. elongatum Montandon female was also recorded, but eggs did not hatch after she removed them.
Land:Portal de Revistas UCR
Organisation:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Språk:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/13909
Länkar:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/13909
Nyckelord:belostomatinae
incubación
inversión parental
roles sexuales