Diet and feeding behavior in adults of the Apteropanorpidae (Mecoptera)

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 209-231

  Palmer, Christopher M ^a,b   Yeates, David K ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apteropanorpidae; Diet; Feeding behavior; Fossil record; Mecoptera; Related morphology

Indexed keywords

APTEROPANORPIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; MECOPTERA;

EID: 34347265632     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10905-005-0476-9     Document Type: Article

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