Structure, behavior, and the life cycle of an aquatic firefly, Luciola substriata, in China

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 83-90

  Xinhua, Fu ^a   Nobuyoshi, Ohba ^b   Vencl, Fredric V ^c,d   Chaoliang, Lei ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Yokosuka City Museum   (Japan)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BEHAVIOR; LIFE CYCLE; MORPHOLOGY;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

ASTACOIDEA; BASOMMATOPHORA; CAMBARIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CTENOPHARYNGODON IDELLA; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; CYPRINUS CARPIO; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ERIOCHEIR SINENSIS; GASTROPODA; GYRAULUS CONVEXIUSCULUS; LAMPYRIDAE; LUCIOLA; LYMNAEA; LYMNAEA STAGNALIS; LYMNAEIDAE; PLANORBIDAE; PROCAMBARUS CLARKII; VARUNIDAE;

EID: 17644388148     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/n04-022     Document Type: Article

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