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Pupal emergence pattern in cactophilic Drosophila and the effect of host plants.
Insect science - 1 Dec 2018
Soto Eduardo M, Padró Julián, Milla Carmona Pablo, Tuero Diego T, Carreira Valeria P, Soto Ignacio M
Abstract excerpt
Drosophila buzzatii and D. koepferae are sibling cactophilic species. The former breeds primarily on prickly pears (genus Opuntia) whereas the latter breeds on columnar cacti of the genera Cereus and Trichocereus, although with certain degree of niche overlapping. We examined the interspecific differences in diurnal temporal patterns of adult emergence from puparia and evaluated whether this behavior is affected...
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