Faecal case architecture in the gibbosus species group of Neochlamisus Karren, 1972 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae: Chlamisini)

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 315-351

  Chaboo, Caroline S ^a,b   Brown, Christopher G ^c   Funk, Daniel J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Defence; Faeces; Host plant; Larvae; Leaf beetles; Trichomes

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CRYPTOCEPHALINAE; HEXAPODA; NEOCHLAMISUS; NEOCHLAMISUS BEBBIANAE;

EID: 38849152265     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00343.x     Document Type: Article

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