Relationships between labral fan morphology, body size and habitat in North Swedish blackfly larvae (Diptera: Simuliidae)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 261-280

  Zhang, Yixin ^a   Malmqvist, Björn ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

aquatic; insects; morphometrics; rivers; streams

Indexed keywords

CNEPHIA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; METACNEPHIA; NEVERMANNIA; SIMULIIDAE; SIMULIINI; TRIGONIA;

EID: 0030442993     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1996.0065     Document Type: Article

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