Elongated mouthparts of nectar-feeding Meloidae (Coleoptera)

Zoomorphology

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 325-337

  Wilhelmi, Andreas P ^a   Krenn, Harald W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Evolution; Feeding mechanism; Flower visiting Coleoptera; Mouthparts; Proboscis

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; MELOIDAE;

EID: 84868584059     PISSN: 0720213X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00435-012-0162-3     Document Type: Article

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