Immature stages of scaphisoma castaneum motschulsky (coleoptera: staphylinidae: scaphidiinae), with observations on natural history, fungal hosts and development

Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 36-43

  Hanley, Rodney S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Auriporia aurea; Canopy building behavior; Coleoptera; Fungus feeding; Immature stages; Scaphidiinae; Scaphisoma castaneum; Staphylinidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002067772     PISSN: 00138797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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