TECHNIQUES FOR SEXING LIVE ADULTS OF THE WHITE-PINE WEEVIL PISSODES-STROBI PECK (COLEOPTERA, CURCULIONIDAE)

Authors
LAVALLEE R ALBERT PJ KAPOOR NN
Citation
R. Lavallee et al., TECHNIQUES FOR SEXING LIVE ADULTS OF THE WHITE-PINE WEEVIL PISSODES-STROBI PECK (COLEOPTERA, CURCULIONIDAE), Canadian Entomologist, 125(4), 1993, pp. 745-747
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Canadian Entomologist → ACNP
ISSN journal
0008347X
Volume
125
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
745 - 747
Database
ISI
SICI code
0008-347X(1993)125:4<745:TFSLAO>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
Two techniques for sexing adults of the white pine weevil Pissodes str obi Peck are described. Both techniques are based on the external anat omy of the terminal segments of the abdomen as viewed with a dissectin g microscope.