Subsocial Neotropical Doryphorini (Chrysomelidae, Chrysomelinae): new observations on behavior, host plants and systematics

A summary of literature, documented observations and field studies finds evidence that mothers actively defend offspring in at least eight species and three genera of Neotropical Chrysomelinae associated with two host plant families. Reports on three Doryphora species reveal that all are oviparous a...

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Main Authors: Donald M. Windsor, Guillaume Dury, Fernando Frieiro-Costa, Susanne Lanckowsky, Jacques Pasteels
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2013-09-01
Series:ZooKeys
Online Access:http://zookeys.pensoft.net/lib/ajax_srv/article_elements_srv.php?action=download_pdf&item_id=3100