Tetanocera elata (Diptera: Sciomyzidae) Larvae Feed on Protected Slug Species Geomalacus maculosus (Gastropoda: Arionidae): First Record of Predation

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 652-656

  Giordani, Irene ^a   Hynes, Tracy ^a   Reich, Inga ^a   Mc Donnell, Rory J ^b   Gormally, Michael J ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Feeding behaviour; malacophagy; prey choice; sciomyzid flies; slug predator

Indexed keywords

ARIONIDAE; DEROCERAS RETICULATUM; DIPTERA; GASTROPODA; GEOMALACUS MACULOSUS; HEXAPODA; SCIOMYZIDAE; TETANOCERA;

EID: 84905568123     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10905-014-9457-1     Document Type: Article

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