Some adaptations of myrmeleontid (Neuroptera) and rhagionid (Diptera) larvae to life in hot dry sand

Title: Some adaptations of myrmeleontid (Neuroptera) and rhagionid (Diptera) larvae to life in hot dry sand
Creator: Youthed, Gayle Jean
Subject: Ant lions Rhagionidae
Date: 1974
Type: Thesis
Type: Doctoral
Type: PhD
Identifier: vital:5818
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007228
Description: From Introduction: Larvae of the families Myrmeleontidae, Neuroptera, (ant-lions) and Rhagionidae, Diptera, (worm-lions) all live in hot dry sand. Many of the ant-lion larvae and all the worm-lion larvae, construct small conical pits in the sand which are used for the capture of prey (Haub, 1942; Youthed and Horan, 1969a). Those ant-lion larvae which do not construct pits lie in wait for their prey just below the surface of the sand.
Format: 146, 85 leaves, pdf
Publisher: Rhodes University, Faculty of Science, Zoology and Entomology
Language: English
Rights: Youthed, Gayle Jean

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