Voracity of larvae, rate of development in eggs, larvae and pupae, and flight seasons of adults of the hoverflies Melangyna viridiceps Macquart and Symosyrphus grandicornis Macquart (Diptera: Syrphidae)

Australian Journal of Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 243-248

  Soleyman Nezhadiyan, E ^a   Laughlin, Roger ^b  

^a SHAHID CHAMRAN UNIVERSITY OF AHVAZ   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Development; Development functions; Flight seasons; Hoverflies; Voracity

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; DIPTERA; MACROSIPHUM ROSAE; MELANGYNA; SYRPHIDAE;

EID: 0004415230     PISSN: 13266756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1998.tb01578.x     Document Type: Article

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