Substrate type affects partial prey consumption by larvae of the antlion Myrmeleon acer (Neuroptera:Myrmeleontidae)

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 589-597

  Loiterton, Stephen J ^a   Magrath, Robert D ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYRMELEON ACER; MYRMELEONTIDAE; NEUROPTERA;

ANT-LION; PREY CAPTURE; PREY CONSUMPTION; SUBSTRATE;

EID: 0030301896     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO9960589     Document Type: Article

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