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Leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) are a numerous group of beetles that can usually be found on the leaves of trees, bushes or weeds. They tend to exhibit attractive colours, a range of body shapes and interesting reproductive behaviours that, on the whole, make them an ideal group for ecological and evolutionary studies. Particularly, the evolution of differences in size between males and females (sexual size dimorphism) and the strategies used by the sexes in order to control the reproductive decisions of one another, have been at the centre of the research interests of Omar Sotelo.
During the 2010 reproductive season of Mexican leaf...
