Life history and laboratory rearing of a western U.S.A. hemipteran, Macrovelia hornii (Macroveliidae)

Entomological News

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 217-224

  McPherson, J E ^a   Taylor, Steven J ^b   Keffer, Steven L ^c   Polhemus, John T ^d  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Colorado Entomological Institute ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Hempitera; Laboratory rearing; Macrovelia hornii; Macroveliidae life history; Univoltinism; Western U.S.A.

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEMIPTERA; MACROVELIA HORNII; MACROVELIIDAE;

EID: 28444460419     PISSN: 0013872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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