Observations of Geranomyia recondita (Diptera: Tipuloidea: Limoniidae) larvae feeding on epiphyllous liverworts in Costa Rica

Journal of the New York Entomological Society

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 170-175

  Arroyo Rodríguez, Víctor ^a   Puyana Eraso, Jimena ^b   Bernecker Lücking, Andrea ^c   Hanson, Paul ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Craneflies; Epiphylls; Geranomyia; Herbivory; Lejeuneaceae; Liverworts

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; LEJEUNEA; LEJEUNEACEAE; LEPTOLEJEUNEA; LIMONIA (DIPTERA); LIMONIINAE; MARCHANTIOPHYTA; TIPULOIDEA;

EID: 35448942702     PISSN: 00287199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1664/0028-7199(2007)114[170:OOGRDT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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