Habitat utilization by the giant water bug, Appasus (=Diplonychus) major (Hemiptera: Belostomatidae), in a traditional rice paddy water system in northern Osaka, central Japan

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 595-605

  Mukai, Yasuo ^a   Ishii, Minoru ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Appasus (=Diplonychus) major; Giant water bug; Mark and recapture census; Overwintering site; Paddy

Indexed keywords

BELOSTOMATIDAE; DIPLONYCHUS; HEMIPTERA;

EID: 39849089796     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: 1347605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2007.595     Document Type: Article

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