From:
Edward Caldwell Rye
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
29 Aug 1873
Source of text:
DAR 176: 230
Summary:
Reports a paper by H. von Kiesenwetter [Berliner Entomol. Z. 16 (1872): 370] on the Malthodes, some species of which appear to have a sex ratio with females greatly outnumbering males, suggesting the occurrence of parthenogenesis.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project