RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Westwood, An introduction to the modern classification of insects, etc. CUL-DAR47.56. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 7.2022. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR47 contains notes for Natural selection chap. 7 'Laws of Variation'.
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Secondary Sexual Character Variable
Westwood Class. Vol. I. p. 172
A Staphylide [Staphylinidæ] in which males have horns on head & thorax — very variable in structure & dimorphic.
[Westwood, John Obadiah, 1839. >An introduction to the modern classification of insects; founded on the natural habits and corresponding organisation of the different families. London.]
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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