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DOI | 10.1093/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
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ISSN | 1536-2442 |
EISSN | 2250-2645 |
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 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | 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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