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Some Experiments in Cross-breeding of the Coreid Bug, Theraptus sp.*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

E. M. Tait
E. M. Tait
Affiliation:
Coconut Pest Research, Agriculture Dept., Zanzibar.
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Theraptus sp. from Zanzibar, Pemba and Tanganyika have been inter-bred.

Individuals of the F1 generation are fertile, but a partial sterility in some crosses may exist.

It is concluded that there is only one species but possibly three varietal strains.

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Original Articles
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 45 , Issue 3 , September 1954 , pp. 433 - 435
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1954

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