Insemination and fertilization in the seed bug Lygaeus simulans (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae)
In the laboratory, not all females of the seed bug Lygaeus simulans Deckert, 1985, produced fertilized eggs after copulation: 26.7% of the females were not inseminated and 5% were inseminated but did not lay fertilized eggs; only in 40% of the couples did copulation result in fertile eggs. The remai...
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Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Science
2000-04-01
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| Series: | European Journal of Entomology |
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| Online Access: | https://www.eje.cz/artkey/eje-200001-0003_Insemination_and_fertilization_in_the_seed_bug_Lygaeus_simulans_Heteroptera_Lygaeidae.php |