Phototropism, bioluminescence, and the diptera

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 282-292

  Sivinski, John M ^a  

^a CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aposematism; Fungi; Mycetophyllidae; Orfelia; Prey attraction

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; FLY; PHOTOTAXIS; PREDATION;

DIPTERA; MYCETOPHILIDAE; ORFELIA;

EID: 0031736101     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3495919     Document Type: Conference Paper

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