Effects of larval antlions Euroleon nostras (Neuroptera, Myrmeleontidae) and their pits on the escape-time of ants

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 82-86

  Devetak, Dušan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Antlion; Escape time; Euroleon nostras; Pit building; Prey capture

Indexed keywords

ANT; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; PITFALL TRAP; PREY CAPTURE;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MYRMELEONTIDAE; NEUROPTERA;

EID: 14344251251     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0307-6962.2005.00433.x     Document Type: Article

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