Description of the preimaginal stages of Pyractomena borealis (Randall, 1838) (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) and notes on its biology

Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 421-430

  Archangelsky, Miguel ^a,b   Branham, Marc A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Biology; Firefly; Holdfast organ; Lampyridae; Larvae; Pupae; Pyractomena borealis; Rearing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031927789     PISSN: 00138797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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