Novel case of a tenebrionid beetle using discontinuous gas exchange cycle when dehydrated

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 79-83

  Duncan, Frances D ^a,d   Krasnov, Boris ^b   McMaster, Megan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NATAL PIETERMARITZBURG   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND MEDICAL SCHOOL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Discontinuous gas exchange; Pimelia grandis; Tenebrionid; Water loss

Indexed keywords

GAS EXCHANGE;

COLEOPTERA; PIMELIA; PIMELIA GRANDIS;

EID: 0036203359     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3032.2002.00266.x     Document Type: Article

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