Slime-production in mycophagous nitidulidae (coleoptera) including a new species of eusphaerius

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1861-1873

  Leschen, R A B ^a   Carlton, C E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coleoptera; Eusphaerius; Morphology; Mycophagy; Nitidulidae; Slime; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; COLEOPTERA; EUSPHAERIUS; FUNGI; NITIDULIDAE; RAMARIA;

EID: 0030457965     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222939600771091     Document Type: Article

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