VARIABILITY OF PRONOTUM PATTERNS IN LADYBIRD BEETLE HARMONIA AXYRIDIS PALLAS (COLEOPTERA, COCCINELLIDAE)

Alla V Blehman

doi:10.17816/ecogen5225-36

Ecological Genetics ›› 2007, Vol. 5 ›› Issue (2) : 25 -36. DOI: 10.17816/ecogen5225-36

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VARIABILITY OF PRONOTUM PATTERNS IN LADYBIRD BEETLE HARMONIA AXYRIDIS PALLAS (COLEOPTERA, COCCINELLIDAE)

Alla V Blehman

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The polymorphism of pronotum patterns in ladybird beetle Harmonia axyridis was studied, 14 phenotypes of this character were identified for the first time. The contingency of pronotum variability with elytral patterns were investigated. For the first time the sexual dimorphism for pronotum patterns was revealed, and its peculiarity was analyzed. The analysis of geographic variability of pronotum patterns confirms the hypothesis for existence of two subspecies in H. axyridis.

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Alla V Blehman. VARIABILITY OF PRONOTUM PATTERNS IN LADYBIRD BEETLE HARMONIA AXYRIDIS PALLAS (COLEOPTERA, COCCINELLIDAE). Ecological Genetics, 2007, 5(2): 25-36 DOI:10.17816/ecogen5225-36