Biology of Stenolemus giraffa (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), a web invading, araneophagic assassin bug from Australia

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 297-316

  Soleya, F G ^a   Jackson, R R ^b,c   Taylor, P W ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Araneophagy; Assassin bug; Behaviour; Predation; Stenolemus giraffa; Trichocyclus; Web invasion

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; INSECT; PREDATION; PREDATOR; ROCK; SUBSTRATE;

AUSTRALIA; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

EID: 83455179084     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2011.604092     Document Type: Article

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