Winter prey preference of Perlodes microcephalus (Pictet, 1833) (Plecoptera, Perlodidae) nymphs in an Apenninic creek, northwestern Italy

Entomological News

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 245-252

  Fenoglio, S ^a   Bo, T ^a   Cucco, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gut contents; Northwestern Italy; Perlodes microcephalus; Perlodidae feeding habit; Plecoptera

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA; GLOSSOSOMATIDAE; PERLODES MICROCEPHALUS; PERLODIDAE; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 28444461498     PISSN: 0013872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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