Mechanisms of Color Production in a Highly Variable Shield-Back Stinkbug, Tectocoris diopthalmus (Heteroptera: Scutelleridae), and Why It Matters

Scott A. Fabricant; Darrell J. Kemp; Jan Krajíček; Zuzana Bosáková; Marie E. Herberstein

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0064082

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Mechanisms of Color Production in a Highly Variable Shield-Back Stinkbug, Tectocoris diopthalmus (Heteroptera: Scutelleridae), and Why It Matters

Scott A. Fabricant ,

* E-mail: scott.fabricant@mq.edu.au

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia
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Darrell J. Kemp,

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia
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Jan Krajíček,

Affiliation Department of Analytical Chemistry, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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Zuzana Bosáková,

Affiliation Department of Analytical Chemistry, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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Marie E. Herberstein

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia
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Mechanisms of Color Production in a Highly Variable Shield-Back Stinkbug, Tectocoris diopthalmus (Heteroptera: Scutelleridae), and Why It Matters

Scott A. Fabricant,
Darrell J. Kemp,
Jan Krajíček,
Zuzana Bosáková,
Marie E. Herberstein

Published: May 7, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0064082

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