Locomotory Behaviour in a Population of the Tiger Beetle Species Cicindela hybrida on a Small, Hot, Sandy Area (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae)

Entomologia Generalis

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 241-248

  Nachtigall, Werner ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body positioning; Copulation; Prey catching; Running speed; Thermoregulatory behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 0942296917     PISSN: 01718177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/entom.gen/20/1996/241     Document Type: Article

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