Distribution of flying insects in relation to predacious web-spinning larvae of Neoditomyia farri (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) in a Jamaican Cave

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 849-857

  Stringer, Ian A N ^a   Meyer Rochow, V Benno ^a,b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cave ecology; Diptera; Fungus gnats; Mycetophilidae; Neoditomyia farri

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MILICHIIDAE; MYCETOPHILIDAE; PHOLEOMYIA; PHORIDAE; SCATOPSIDAE; SCELIONIDAE; SCIARIDAE; STAPHYLINIDAE; STREBLIDAE;

EID: 0001062435     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aesa/89.6.849     Document Type: Article

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