Preimaginal feeding habits of Dictyogenus fontium (Plecoptera, Perlodidae) in an alpine brook in NW Italy

Entomologica Fennica

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-31

  Fenoglio, Stefano ^a   Bo, Tiziano ^a   Malacarne, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA; PERLODIDAE; PLECOPTERA;

EID: 34147165462     PISSN: 07858760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33338/ef.84373     Document Type: Article

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