Leucopis annulipes larvae (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae) use a furtive predation strategy within aphid colonies

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 399-403

  Fréchette, Bruno ^a   Larouche, François ^a   Lucas, Éric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Active searching predator; Acyrthosiphon pisum; Aphidoletes aphidimyza; Cecidomyiidae; Chamaemyiidae; Coccinellidae; Furtive predator; Harmonia axyridis; Leucopis annulipes; Predation strategy

Indexed keywords

APHID; BEETLE; COLONY; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FLY; LARVA; PREDATION; PREDATOR;

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; APHIDIDAE; APHIDOLETES APHIDIMYZA; CECIDOMYIIDAE; CHAMAEMYIIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; HARMONIA AXYRIDIS; HEMIPTERA; LEUCOPIS ANNULIPES; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 66749148900     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2008.050     Document Type: Article

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