Thoughts on Aquatic Insects

Thoughts on Aquatic Insects

Aquatic adults seldom have terrestrial juveniles. Respiratory problems may lead to tropical species being smaller than related temperate ones. Suctorial feeding on higher plants seems unknown. Cryptic coloration is common, aposematic, and epigamic rare. Flightlessness is common, but potentially flyi...

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Veröffentlicht in:Bioscience 1981-07, Vol.31 (7), p.495-500
1. Verfasser: Hutchinson, G. Evelyn
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adult insects
Animals
Aquatic insects
Beetles
Behavior
Gills
Insect flight
Insect larvae
Insects, Aquatic
Nymphs
Oxygen
Respiration
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Zusammenfassung:Aquatic adults seldom have terrestrial juveniles. Respiratory problems may lead to tropical species being smaller than related temperate ones. Suctorial feeding on higher plants seems unknown. Cryptic coloration is common, aposematic, and epigamic rare. Flightlessness is common, but potentially flying forms must be generally available; this restricts tracheal gills to juveniles.
ISSN:0006-3568
1525-3244
DOI:10.2307/1308491