Changes in mandibular musculature and morphology in response to stemmatal enlargement in larvae of Thermonectus basillaris (Harris) and Acilius mediatus (say) (coleoptera: dytiscidae: dytiscinae)

Coleopterists Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 279-286

  Barman, E H ^a   Wall, William P ^a   Mouton, Angeline ^a   Fenn, Teresa R ^b  

^a GEORGIA COLLEGE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOMECHANICS; FEEDING MECHANISM; LARVA; MORPHOLOGY;

ACILIUS MEDIATUS; COLEOPTERA; DYTISCIDAE; DYTISCINAE; THERMONECTUS BASILLARIS;

EID: 48749107645     PISSN: 0010065X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1649/1030.1     Document Type: Article

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