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

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...

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Main Authors: Marcus Guidoti, Douglas W. Tallamy, Alberto Luiz Marsaro Júnior
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia 2015-04-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Entomologia
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0085562615000345