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POLYMORPHISMS AMONG MALES OF THE EUROPEAN EARWIG, FORFICULA AURICULARIA (DERMAPTERA: FORFICULIDAE)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Robert J. Lamb
Robert J. Lamb
Affiliation:
Department of Plant Science and Institute of Animal Resource Ecology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
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Abstract

Body weight, head width, and cercus length and width of adult male earwigs were found to be polymorphic in both field-collected and laboratory-reared samples. The view that the polymorphisms are the result of environmentally induced ’heterogonic growth’ is discounted. Seasonal, annual, and geographic variation in morph frequencies are demonstrated and discussed.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 108 , Issue 1 , January 1976 , pp. 69 - 75
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1976

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