A novel method for sexing live adult Alphitobius diaperinus. Issue 5 (3rd April 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Arena, Julieta Soledad; Defagó, María Teresa
• Is Part Of: Entomologia experimentalis et applicata. Volume 168:Issue 5(2020)
• Page Start: 416
• Page End: 419
• Publication Date: 2020-04-03
• Subjects: darkling beetle -- gender characteristic -- poultry pest -- sexing method -- sexual dimorphism -- Coleoptera -- Tenebrionidae; Entomology -- Periodicals; 595.7
• DOI: 10.1111/eea.12900
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0013-8703

Abstract

Abstract: This work aimed to identify discriminant morphological characteristics in Alphitobius diaperinus Panzer (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) adults that enable live males and females to be distinguished. The method of sexing proposed here is based on dimorphism of the 8th abdominal sternite and is 100% accurate. The method allows differentiation of the sexes non‐destructively. Abstract : This work aimed to identify discriminant morphological characteristics in Alphitobius diaperinus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) adults that enable live males and females to be distinguished. The method of sexing proposed here is based on dimorphism of the 8th abdominal sternite and is 100% accurate. The method allows differentiation of the sexes non‐destructively.