Morphology and function of the proboscis in Bombyliidae (Diptera, Brachycera) and implications for proboscis evolution in Brachycera

Zoomorphology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 79-90

  Szucsich, Nikolaus Urban ^a   Krenn, Harald Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACINAE; BOMBYLIIDAE; BOMBYLIINAE; BRACHYCERA; DIPTERA; HAUSTELLUM; MUSCOMORPHA; TABANIDAE;

EID: 0034358531     PISSN: 0720213X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004350000025     Document Type: Article

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