Prey attraction by larvae of the New Zealand glowworm, Arachnocampa luminosa (Diptera: Mycetophilidae)

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 170-177

  Broadley, R Adam ^a   Stringer, Ian A N ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence; Cave ecology

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARACHNOCAMPA LUMINOSA; ARANEAE; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; GASTROPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; MYCETOPHILIDAE; NEUROPTERA; ORTHOPTERA; PHENGODIDAE; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 0035534956     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2001.tb00121.x     Document Type: Article

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