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DOI10.1093/jisesa/ieu037
Development of a Nondestructive Method for Sexing Live Adult Sternoplax souvorowiana (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
Wang, Yan; Ma, Ji; Mao, Xinfang
通讯作者Ma, Ji
来源期刊JOURNAL OF INSECT SCIENCE
ISSN1536-2442
EISSN2250-2645
出版年2015
卷号15
英文摘要

The darkling beetle, Sternoplax souvorowiana (Reitter) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), is flightless and lives in the Guerbantonggut desert in northwestern China. Its special eggshell structure, day-active habit, large body size, short life cycle, and ease of rearing under laboratory conditions make it an excellent model for advanced studies on desert adaptation. Determining the sex of this beetle is usually complicated by the lack of a discreet, externally visible gender-specific character. To date, dissection has been used for sex identification in this species, whereas a nondestructive means is needed for further studies of sexual dimorphism. Here, a new method based on the difference of the pigmentation pattern on the eighth tergite of each sex is described and illustrated. This method can be quickly learned, is nondestructive, is 100% accurate, and is fast enough for most applications in both the field and the laboratory. Experienced users in our laboratory routinely sex 8-10 beetles per minute.


英文关键词sexual dimorphism sex determination eighth tergite pigmentation pattern
类型Article
语种英语
国家Peoples R China
收录类别SCI-E
WOS记录号WOS:000354652800001
WOS关键词ALPHITOBIUS-DIAPERINUS COLEOPTERA ; SEXUAL SIZE ; BEETLE ; DIMORPHISM
WOS类目Entomology
WOS研究方向Entomology
来源机构新疆大学
资源类型期刊论文
条目标识符http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/188834
作者单位Xinjiang Univ, Coll Life Sci & Technol, Xinjiang Key Lab Biol Resources & Genet Engn, Urumqi 830046, Peoples R China
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Wang, Yan,Ma, Ji,Mao, Xinfang. Development of a Nondestructive Method for Sexing Live Adult Sternoplax souvorowiana (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)[J]. 新疆大学,2015,15.
APA Wang, Yan,Ma, Ji,&Mao, Xinfang.(2015).Development of a Nondestructive Method for Sexing Live Adult Sternoplax souvorowiana (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae).JOURNAL OF INSECT SCIENCE,15.
MLA Wang, Yan,et al."Development of a Nondestructive Method for Sexing Live Adult Sternoplax souvorowiana (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)".JOURNAL OF INSECT SCIENCE 15(2015).
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