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A STUDY OF hALLOMETRIC GROWTH IN FIVE SPECIES OF MIRIDS (MIRIDAE: HEMIPTERA)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

M. K. Mukerji
M. K. Mukerji
Affiliation:
Ottawa Research Station, Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa
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Abstract

Allometric growth of antennal and leg segments was studied in five species of mirids, namely, Adelphocoris lineolalus (Goeze), A. rapidus (Say), Lygus lineolaris (Beauv.), Polymerus basalts Reuter, and Plagiognathus chrysanthemi (Wolff). The study revealed that growth ratios of both A. lineolatus and A. rapidus varied in parallel fashion in homologous segments of L. lineolaris and, that those of P. chrysanthemi varied similarly with L. lineolaris and P. basalis. It was also found that segments with relatively high growth ratios were less different in magnitude than slowly growing segments when both A. lineolatus and A. rapidus were compared with L. lineolaris and P. basalis. Growth ratios of head width were similar for the five species. The probable evolution of relative growth was discussed.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 104 , Issue 8 , August 1972 , pp. 1223 - 1228
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1972

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