Ultrastructure of the antennal sensorial appendage of larvae of Ophonus ardosiacus (Lutshnik, 1922) (Coleoptera, Carabidae) and possible correlations between size and shape and the larval feeding habits

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Volumn 247, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 209-221

  Giglio, A ^a   Brandmayr, P ^a   Ferrero, E A ^b   Giulianini, P G ^b   Perrotta, E ^a   Talarico, F F ^a   Zetto Brandmayr, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antennal sensory organ; Hyaline vesicle; Larval ground beetles; Larval life styles; Olfactory chemoreceptor

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BODY SHAPE; BODY SIZE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOST LOCATION; LARVA; MORPHOMETRY; MORPHOTYPE; ODOR; PREY SELECTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TAXONOMY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; OPHONUS ARDOSIACUS;

EID: 52149090740     PISSN: 00445231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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