Epitoky in Scutisotoma stepposa (Collembola; Isotomidae)

Reproductive males of Scutisotoma stepposa Martynova from two basins of Vitim Plateau (Russia: East Siberia) display epitoky in three forms. ‘Supermales’ are armed with strong macrosetae, brushes on ventrum of abdomen, callosities on tube and legs, bent and thickened antennae. ‘Modest’ males have o...

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Main Authors: Ayuna Chimitova, Mikhail Potapov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung 2011-12-01
Series:Soil Organisms
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Online Access:https://soil-organisms.org/index.php/SO/article/view/258