Larval morphology of Thermonectus succinctus (Aubé 1838) (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Dytiscinae), with biological notes and chaetotaxic analysis

Aquatic Insects

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 281-292

  Michat, Mariano C ^a,b   Torres, Patricia L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Laboratorio de Entomologia Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Aciliini; Biology; Chaetotaxy; Larval morphology; Thermonectus succinctus

Indexed keywords

ACILIINI; ACILIUS; COLEOPTERA; DYTISCIDAE; DYTISCINAE; GRAPHODERUS; THERMONECTUS; THERMONECTUS BASILLARIS; THERMONECTUS NIGROFASCIATUS ORNATICOLLIS;

EID: 30344474260     PISSN: 01650424     EISSN: 17444152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01650420500294021     Document Type: Article

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