Protective geometry and reproductive anatomy as candidate determinants of clutch size variation in pentatomid bugs
P. K. Abram, E. Guerra-Grenier, J. Brodeur, C. Capko, M. F. S. Aquino, B. Beers, M. C. Blassioli-Moraes, M. Borges, M. F. Cingolani, A. Cusumano, P. DeClercq, C. A. Fernandez, T. D. Gariepy, T. Haye, K. Hoelmer, , I. C. W. Hardy
The paper investigates clutch size variation in pentatomid bugs, finding that reproductive anatomy, specifically ovariole number, plays a more significant role than egg mass geometry in determining clutch size uniformity.
bioRxiv · May 16, 2022Ecology