Flight substrates in blister beetles (Coleoptera: Meloidae) and their regulation by neuropeptides of the AKH/RPCH family

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 331-335

  Gäde, Gerd ^a   Auerswald, Lutz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

AKH RPCH peptides; Carbohydrates; Corpora cardiaca; Decapotoma lunata; Identification of neuropeptides; Lift generating flight; Lipids; Meloidae; Mylabris oculata; Proline

Indexed keywords

ENERGETICS;

COLEOPTERA; MELOIDAE; MYLABRIS;

EID: 0343550397     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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