Life history studies of the flightless marine midges Pontomyia spp. (Diptera: Chironomidae)

Zoological Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 466-473

  Soong, Keryea ^a   Chen, Guo Fang ^a   Cao, Jun Ren ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Eclosion; Intertidal; Marine insects

Indexed keywords

CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PONTOMYIA; PONTOMYIA NATANS;

EID: 0033212025     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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