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A novel method for sexing live adult Alphitobius diaperinus
Fecha
2020-04Registro en:
Arena, Julieta Soledad; Defagó, María Teresa; A novel method for sexing live adult Alphitobius diaperinus; Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc; Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata; 4-2020
0013-8703
1570-7458
CONICET Digital
CONICET
Autor
Arena, Julieta Soledad
Defagó, María Teresa
Resumen
This work aimed to identify discriminant morphological characteristics in Alphitobius diaperinus Panzer (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) adults that enable live males and females to be distinguished. The method of sexing proposed here is based on dimorphism of the 8th abdominal sternite and is 100% accurate. The method allows differentiation of the sexes non‐destructively.