How does the ambush predatory copepod megacyclops formosanus (harada, 1931) capture mosquito larvae of aedes aegypti?

Zoological Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 927-936

  Awasthi, Amit Kant ^a   Wu, Cheng Han ^a   Tsai, Kun Hsien ^b   King, Chwan Chuen ^b   Hwang, Jiang Shiou ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aiming; Ambush predatory copepod; Mosquito larvae; Predation mechanism; Stalking

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; COPEPODA; MEGACYCLOPS;

EID: 84878558369     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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