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Sexual identification of bamboo borer Dinoderus minutus (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Bostrychidae)


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Abood, Faizah and Ahmad Razi, Norhisham and Shahman, Mohd and Anthony, Andy (2010) Sexual identification of bamboo borer Dinoderus minutus (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Bostrychidae). The Malaysian Forester, 73 (1). pp. 1-6. ISSN 0302-2935

Abstract

There is no available documented literature on sexual identification of the bamboo borer Dinoderus minutus (Fabricius). In this study, adult and pupal stages of Dinoderus minutus were examined in an attempt to differentiate the sexes for this particular species. Freshly killed and cleaned adult as well as pupal stages were examined under stereomicroscopy and different characteristics for both stages were compared. Results showed that there were no distinct morphological features in the adult stage that could be used as distinguishing sexual characters. However, differentiating sexual features were observed in the pupal stage. Gonapophyses, comprising of a pair of conical extrusions were present at the terminal abdominal segment in the female pupa whilst a pair of parameres was observed in the male. These morphological characteristics which were identified only in the pupal stage, proved to be the most reliable method to determine the sex of D. minutus.


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Item Type: Article
Subject: Bamboo
Subject: Bamboo - Identification
Divisions: Faculty of Forestry
Keywords: Dinoderus minutus; Powderpost beetles; Bamboo borer; Sexual differences
Depositing User: Norhazura Hamzah
Date Deposited: 18 Feb 2013 04:28
Last Modified: 04 Nov 2015 06:47
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16689
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