Definition and description of larval types of cyaneolytta (coleoptera meloidae) and new records of their phoretic association with carabidae (coleoptera)

Tropical Zoology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 165-187

  Di Giulio, A ^a   Aberlenc, H P ^b   Taglianti, A V ^c   Bologna, M A ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carabidae; Coleoptera; Cyaneolytta; Larval morphological variation; Meloidae; Phoretic association

Indexed keywords

ANTHIINI; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; MELOIDAE;

EID: 0842345533     PISSN: 03946975     EISSN: 19709528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03946975.2003.10531193     Document Type: Article

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