Neotropical copestylum (diptera, syrphidae) breeding in agavaceae and cactaceae including seven new species

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 697-749

  Rotheray, Graham E ^a   Marcos GarcÍa, Maria Angeles ^b   Hancock, Geoff ^c   Pérez BañÓn, Celeste ^b   Maier, Chris T ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector Borne Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

Head skeleton; Larva; Puparium; Rearing; Saprophagous; Spiracles

Indexed keywords

AGAVACEAE; BROMELIACEAE; CACTACEAE; COPESTYLUM; COPESTYLUM APICALE; DIPTERA; SYRPHIDAE;

EID: 69449086666     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00503.x     Document Type: Article

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