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Energetic costs of mating in a flightless female firefly,Photinus collustrans (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)

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Wing, S.R. Energetic costs of mating in a flightless female firefly,Photinus collustrans (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). J Insect Behav 2, 841–847 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01049405

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