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SEX DETERMINATION IN LIVING ADULT GROUND BEETLES (COLEOPTERA: CARABIDAE)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

N. J. Holliday
N. J. Holliday
Affiliation:
Research Station, Vineland Station, Agriculture Canada, Ontario
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Studies of the biology of carabids have been limited by the difficulty of sexing living individuals. Mitchell (1963) described the dissection of adults of two carabid species and stated that the aedeagus of the adult male is visible at all stages of maturity.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 109 , Issue 3 , March 1977 , pp. 397 - 398
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1977

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