Temporal changes in the level of infestation of Simulium ornatum Meigen (Complex) (Simuliidae: Diptera) larvae by the endosymbiotic fungus Harpella melusinae Lichtwardt (Harpellales: Trichomycetes)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 328, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 117-125

  Taylor, Mark R ^a,c   Moss, Stephen T ^a   Ladle, Mike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Harpella; Harpellales; infestation; Simulium; temporal; Trichomycetes

Indexed keywords

HARPELLA MELUSINAE; SIMULIUM ORNATUM; DIPTERA; SIMULIIDAE;

ENDOSYMBIOTIC FUNGI; INFESTATION LEVEL; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

UK, ENGLAND, HAMPSHIRE;

EID: 0029661119     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00018708     Document Type: Article

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