The function of the suckers of larval net-winged midges (Diptera: Blephariceridae)

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 293-302

  Frutiger, Andreas ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Blephariceridae; Foraging behaviour; Hydraulic stress; Locomotion; Retention structures

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LARVA; MORPHOLOGY; STREAM;

APUS APUS; BLEPHARICERIDAE; CATOSTOMIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 0036186991     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2002.00814.x     Document Type: Article

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