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

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...

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Main Authors: Abood, Faizah, Ahmad Razi, Norhisham, Shahman, Mohd, Anthony, Andy
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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
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spelling my.upm.eprints.166892015-11-04T06:47:44Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16689/ Sexual identification of bamboo borer Dinoderus minutus (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Bostrychidae) Abood, Faizah Ahmad Razi, Norhisham Shahman, Mohd Anthony, Andy 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. 2010 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16689/1/Sexual%20identification%20of%20bamboo%20borer%20Dinoderus%20minutus.pdf 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 http://www.cabi.org/cabdirect/FullTextPDF/2011/20113126000.pdf
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description 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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author Abood, Faizah
Ahmad Razi, Norhisham
Shahman, Mohd
Anthony, Andy
spellingShingle Abood, Faizah
Ahmad Razi, Norhisham
Shahman, Mohd
Anthony, Andy
Sexual identification of bamboo borer Dinoderus minutus (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Bostrychidae)
author_facet Abood, Faizah
Ahmad Razi, Norhisham
Shahman, Mohd
Anthony, Andy
author_sort Abood, Faizah
title Sexual identification of bamboo borer Dinoderus minutus (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Bostrychidae)
title_short Sexual identification of bamboo borer Dinoderus minutus (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Bostrychidae)
title_full Sexual identification of bamboo borer Dinoderus minutus (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Bostrychidae)
title_fullStr Sexual identification of bamboo borer Dinoderus minutus (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Bostrychidae)
title_full_unstemmed Sexual identification of bamboo borer Dinoderus minutus (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Bostrychidae)
title_sort sexual identification of bamboo borer dinoderus minutus (fabricius) (coleoptera: bostrychidae)
publishDate 2010
url 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
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