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SOME ANATOMICAL DIFFERENCES OF POSSIBLE TAXONOMIC VALUE IN THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS OF SITOPHILUS (CURCULIONIDAE: COLEOPTERA)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

N. R. Khan  and
A. J. Musgrave
N. R. Khan
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario
A. J. Musgrave
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario
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Abstract

The length of the spermathecal duct differs in species of Sitophilus. It is suggested that this criterion may be of value as an additional means of separating the two very similar species S. oryzae and S. zea-mais.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 100 , Issue 11 , November 1968 , pp. 1226 - 1228
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1968

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