Walking on suckers - New insights into the locomotory behavior of larval net-winged midges (Diptera:Blephariceridae)

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 104-120

  Frutiger, Andreas ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Blephariceridae; Locomotory behavior; Net winged midges; Video macroscopy

Indexed keywords

LOCOMOTION; MIDGE LARVA; MOVEMENT PATTERN; NET-WINGED MIDGE; SUCKER;

BLEPHARICERIDAE; CATOSTOMIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; DIPTERA; HAPALAOTHRIX; HAPALAOTHRIX LUGUBRIS; INVERTEBRATA; LIPONEURA; LIPONEURA CINERASCENS; LIPONEURA CINERASCENS MINOR;

EID: 0031805579     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1468055     Document Type: Article

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