Maternal care in Gargaphia decoris (Heteroptera, Tingidae), with comments on this behavior within the genus and family


Autoria(s): Guidoti,Marcus; Tallamy,Douglas W.; Marsaro Júnior,Alberto Luiz
Data(s)

01/06/2015

Resumo

Maternal care in Gargaphia decoris is described for the first time. A video is presented as supplementary material. The knowledge on such trait within Tingidae is summarized. The behavior within the family is discussed, and the potential as a source of phylogenetic characters for further analyses is stressed.

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http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262015000200104

Idioma(s)

en

Publicador

Sociedade Brasileira De Entomologia

Fonte

Revista Brasileira de Entomologia v.59 n.2 2015

Palavras-Chave #Gargaphia #Neotropical #Parental care #Solanum concinnum
Tipo

journal article