Reproductive Tactics of Sexes and Fitness in the Dragonfly, Diastatops obscura Author(s): Jorge Bañuelos Irusta and Arrilton Araújo Source: Journal of Insect Science, 7(24):1-10. 2007. Published By: Entomological Society of America DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1673/031.007.2401 URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1673/031.007.2401

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Reproductive tactics of sexes and fitness in the dragonfly, Diastatops obscura

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