Pollination mutualism between a new species of the genus Colocasiomyia de Meijere (Diptera: Drosophilidae) and Steudnera colocasiifolia (Araceae) in Yunnan, China

Entomological Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 79-91

  Takenaka, Kohei ^a   Yin, Jian Tao ^b   Wen, Shuo Yang ^c   Toda, Masanori J ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

^c SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

C. colocasiae species subgroup; C. cristata species group; Colocasiomyia steudnerae; Host specificity; Pollinator; Tribe Colocasieae; Xishuangbanna

Indexed keywords

ARACEAE; COLOCASIOMYIA; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILIDAE; INSECTA; STEUDNERA COLOCASIIFOLIA;

EID: 33746911202     PISSN: 13438786     EISSN: 14798298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8298.2006.00156.x     Document Type: Article

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