a) male, b) female, top, frontal view; middle, dorsal view; bottom (inset), dorsal view of magnified mandibles. Lateral region of male head (gena, ge) is enlarged, and two head horns (hh) are located between eyes (top and middle panels). Females lack mandibular horn, head horn, and lateral protrusion of gena (b, top to bottom panels).</p
Abstract Adult dung beetles (Onthophagus acuminatus) exhibit continuous variation in body size resul...
Abstract Sexual size dimorphism (SSD) is widespread among animals, but its developmental mechanisms ...
Sexual selection typically operates via male contest competition and female choice, favoring the evo...
Although it is known that separate insect body structures may be asymmetrical within one species, th...
Although it is known that separate insect body structures may be asymmetrical within one species, th...
The ability to distinguish gender among insects is essential to their study and management. The obje...
Male horn dimorphism is a rather common phenomenon in dung beetles, where some adult individuals hav...
© 2019, Baltic Institute of Coleopterology. All rights reserved. We analyzed six morphometric traits...
<p>(<b>A</b>) Intraspecific sexual dimorphism and male variation in <i>Cyclommatus metallifer</i>. F...
The longhorn beetle Morimus asper exhibits the typical sexual dimorphism of cerambycid beetles: mal...
Synopsis: Sexual selection can operate before and after copulation and the same or different trait(...
Female mate choice and male-male competition are the typical mechanisms of sexual selection. However...
Flower chafers are well-known beetles with apparent sexual dimorphism. Yet, in contrast to other gro...
Theory predicts that costly secondary sexual traits will evolve heightened condition dependence, and...
The males of some species of the rove beetle genus Bledius Leach (1819) have a pronounced horn protr...
Abstract Adult dung beetles (Onthophagus acuminatus) exhibit continuous variation in body size resul...
Abstract Sexual size dimorphism (SSD) is widespread among animals, but its developmental mechanisms ...
Sexual selection typically operates via male contest competition and female choice, favoring the evo...
Although it is known that separate insect body structures may be asymmetrical within one species, th...
Although it is known that separate insect body structures may be asymmetrical within one species, th...
The ability to distinguish gender among insects is essential to their study and management. The obje...
Male horn dimorphism is a rather common phenomenon in dung beetles, where some adult individuals hav...
© 2019, Baltic Institute of Coleopterology. All rights reserved. We analyzed six morphometric traits...
<p>(<b>A</b>) Intraspecific sexual dimorphism and male variation in <i>Cyclommatus metallifer</i>. F...
The longhorn beetle Morimus asper exhibits the typical sexual dimorphism of cerambycid beetles: mal...
Synopsis: Sexual selection can operate before and after copulation and the same or different trait(...
Female mate choice and male-male competition are the typical mechanisms of sexual selection. However...
Flower chafers are well-known beetles with apparent sexual dimorphism. Yet, in contrast to other gro...
Theory predicts that costly secondary sexual traits will evolve heightened condition dependence, and...
The males of some species of the rove beetle genus Bledius Leach (1819) have a pronounced horn protr...
Abstract Adult dung beetles (Onthophagus acuminatus) exhibit continuous variation in body size resul...
Abstract Sexual size dimorphism (SSD) is widespread among animals, but its developmental mechanisms ...
Sexual selection typically operates via male contest competition and female choice, favoring the evo...