Description of the immature stages of Syritta flaviventris (Diptera: Syrphidae) and new data about the life history of European species of Syritta on Opuntia maxima

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 131-136

  Pérez Bañón, Celeste ^a   Marcos García, M Angeles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Feeding behaviour; Immature stages; Morphology; Opuntia maxima; Spain; Syritta flaviventris; Syritta pipiens; Syrphidae

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ECOMORPHOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLY; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE HISTORY;

MEDITERRANEAN COAST; SPAIN;

ACRONICTA LEPORINA; CACTACEAE; DIPTERA; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA MAXIMA; SYRITTA; SYRITTA FLAVIVENTRIS; SYRITTA PIPIENS; SYRPHIDAE;

EID: 0034024751     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2000.022     Document Type: Article

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