How to distinguish between male and female of Lophocateres pusillus? I wanna study about its biology e.g. the effect of different diets or temperature and RH to its growth, development, etc. Sadly I can't sexed it.. I really dont know the morphological cues to determine male and female. Thanks. I really appreciated any answer and help from the experts in this group.
Hi Ito: This is useful book to answer you question
http://www.arvin-agri.com/Maghalat/GiyahPezeshki/Ipm/insect-of-store.pdf
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Hi Ito
Some useful references in attachment 1
https://www.hindawi.com/journals/isrn/2014/190749/
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https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/males-and-females-differ-in-specific-brain-structures
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https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/handle/10125/15792/PHES07_331-366_Notes_Exhib_1929.pdf?sequence=1
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https://www.fda.gov/downloads/food/foodscienceresearch/risksafetyassessment/ucm367337.pdf
Sadly, actually, almost all the answers doesnt match with my questions. Thank you to Oady Matny, yess David Rees books are very useful. I have a lot of stored product pests books,,
What I mean in this question is, I need the secondary characteristic to separate between the male and female, the dimorphism. I found that they can be separated by the flagel-like hair in their 8-abdominal sternit, however itsnt a relevant characteristic, hard to be observed.
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