Several woodboring insects thrive in coffee plantations due to a surplus of host material as a result of pruning shade trees. The longhorn beetle Tetrasarus plato Bates (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) disperses and mates at the time this branch pruning is taking place. We describe some general facts of its life cycle and the sexual behavior under field and laboratory conditions.
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1 September 2009
Notes on Biology and Sexual Behavior of Tetrasarus plato Bates (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), a Tropical Longhorn Beetle in Coffee Plantations in Chiapas, Mexico
J. L. GodÍnez-Aguilar,
J. E. MacÍas-Sámano,
A. Morón-RÍos
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