Mouthparts, gut contents, and retreat-construction by the wood-dwelling larvae of Lype phaeopa (Trichoptera: Psychomyiidae)

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 563-570

  Spänhoff, Bernd ^a   Schulte, Ulf ^a   Alecke, Christian ^b   Kaschek, Norbert ^a   Meyer, Elisabeth Irmgard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gut contents; Habitat specialization; Mouthparts; Retreat construction; Sensilla; Woody debris

Indexed keywords

CADDISFLY; FOOD PREFERENCE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HABITAT SELECTION; SHELTER; STOMACH CONTENT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA;

ALGAE; FUNGI; GALEA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYPE; LYPE PHAEOPA; PSYCHOMYIIDAE; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 0942302169     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2003.085     Document Type: Article

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