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

• Main Authors: Abood, Faizah, Ahmad Razi, Norhisham, Shahman, Mohd, Anthony, Andy
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16689/1/Sexual%20identification%20of%20bamboo%20borer%20Dinoderus%20minutus.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16689/; http://www.cabi.org/cabdirect/FullTextPDF/2011/20113126000.pdf
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

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 w...