Sphaeroceridae (Diptera) reared from various types of carrion and other decaying substrates in Southern Germany, including new faunistic data on some rarely collected species

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 137-151

  Buck, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bait; Carion; Decaying substrate; Diptera; Ecology; Faunistics; Germany; Nerophages; Rearing; Saprophages; Sphaeroccridae

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; ELACHISOMA; FUNGI; GEMELLA; INSECTA; MINILIMOSINA GEMELLA; MOLLUSCA; OPALIMOSINA; SPELOBIA; SPELOBIA MANICATA; SPHAEROCERIDAE; TELOMERINA; TELOMERINA EBURNEA; VERTEBRATA; OPALIMOSINA CALCIFERA;

CARRION; COPROPHAGY; FLY COMMUNITY;

GERMANY, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, ULM;

EID: 0031416113     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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