Loberus impressus (LeConte) (Coleoptera: Erotylidae) fungal associations and presence in the seed capsules of Iris hexagona

Coleopterists Bulletin

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 281-288

  Van Zandt, Peter A ^a   Townsend Jr , Victor R ^b   Carlton, Christopher E ^c   Blackwell, Meredith ^d   Mopper, Susan ^e  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA WESLEYAN COLLEGE   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; DISPERSAL; FUNGUS; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; SPORE;

CLADOSPORIUM; COLEOPTERA; COROLLA; EROTYLIDAE; FUNGI; FUNGI IMPERFECTI; FUSARIUM; HEXAPODA; IRIS HEXAGONA; LOBERUS; LOBERUS IMPRESSUS;

EID: 0242286700     PISSN: 0010065X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1649/553     Document Type: Article

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