Neotropical Copestylum (Diptera, Syrphidae) breeding in bromeliads (Bromeliaceae) including 22 new species

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 267-317

  Rotheray, G E ^a   Hancock, E G ^b   Marcos Garcia M A ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Crypsis; Larva; Phytotelmata; Rearing; Reflective colours

Indexed keywords

BROMELIACEAE; COPESTYLUM; DIPTERA; SYRPHIDAE;

EID: 34250171758     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00288.x     Document Type: Article

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