Maternal care in Gargaphia decoris (Heteroptera, Tingidae), with comments on this behavior within the genus and family
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2015-04-09
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Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia
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Maternal care in Gargaphia decoris is described for the first time. A video is presented as supplementarymaterial. The knowledge on such trait within Tingidae is summarized. The behavior within the family isdiscussed, and the potential as a source of phylogenetic characters for further analyses is stressed.
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Guidoti, Marcus, Douglas W. Tallamy, and Alberto Luiz Marsaro Júnior. "Maternal care in Gargaphia decoris (Heteroptera, Tingidae), with comments on this behavior within the genus and family." Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 59.2 (2015): 104-106.