Optical and chemical stimuli control pollen feeding in the hoverfly Eristalis tenax

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 50-53

  Wacht, S ^a   Lunau, K ^a   Hansen, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

colour vision; contact chemoreception; Diptera; pollen surface; Syrphidae

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; ERISTALIS TENAX; SYRPHIDAE;

EID: 0029739841     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.1996.tb00884.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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