Laboratory studies on larval feeding habits of Amara macronota (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Zabrini)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 669-674

  Sasakawa, Kôji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Granivory; Ground beetle; Omnivory; Rearing experiment; Seed

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; BIDENS; BIDENS FRONDOSA; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CURTONOTUS; DIPTERA; HARPALINI; HEXAPODA; SETARIA (PLANT); SOLIDAGO; SOLIDAGO CANADENSIS VAR. SCABRA; ZABRINI;

EID: 39849106520     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: 1347605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2007.669     Document Type: Article

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