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Interspecific variation in life history traits of Elasmostethus (Hemiptera: Acanthosomatidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

S. Kudo ,
Aki Yamamoto ,
Tadao Ichita  and
Haruki Tatsuta
S. Kudo*
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Naruto University of Education, Naruto, Tokushima 772-8502, Japan
Aki Yamamoto
Affiliation:
Otaru Museum, Otaru, Hokkaido 047-0031, Japan
Tadao Ichita
Affiliation:
Aomori Prefecutural Plant Protection Office, Dainitonya-machi, Aomori 030-0113, Japan
Haruki Tatsuta
Affiliation:
Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0213, Japan
*
1Corresponding author (e-mail: skudo@naruto-u.ac.jp)
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Abstract

Life history traits, such as clutch size, egg size (weight), developmental periods of eggs, and female body (abdomen) size, were investigated in Japanese species of the genus Elasmostethus Fieber (Hemiptera: Acanthosomatidae): E. amabilis Yamamoto, E. brevis Lindberg, E. humeralis Jakovlev, E. interstinctus (Linnaeus), E. kerzhneri Yamamoto, and E. nubilus (Dallas). With the exception of clutch size, significant differences were observed in the traits among species. No species exhibited maternal care of eggs. These data form a solid basis for future comparative analyses in the family Acanthosomatidae, which contains both subsocial and asocial species.

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Behaviour & Ecology—Note
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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 151 , Issue 1 , February 2019 , pp. 69 - 72
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© 2018 Entomological Society of Canada 

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