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Male-male aggressive behavior is changed by body size difference in the leaf-footed plant bug,Leptoglossus australis, Fabricius (Heteroptera: Coreidae)

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  1. Takahisa Miyatake

    Present address: Okinawa Prefectural Agricultural Experiment Station, Sakiyama, 903, Naha, Okinawa, Japan

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  1. Entomological Laboratory, College of Agriculture, University of the Ryukyus, 903-01, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan

    Takahisa Miyatake

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Miyatake, T. Male-male aggressive behavior is changed by body size difference in the leaf-footed plant bug,Leptoglossus australis, Fabricius (Heteroptera: Coreidae). J. Ethol. 11, 63–65 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02350007

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