Exceptional anoxia resistance in larval tiger beetle, Phaeoxantha klugii (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae)
. The tiger beetle Phaeoxantha klugii inhabits Central Amazonian floodplains, where it survives the annual inundation period in the third‐instar larval stage submerged in the soil at approximately 29 °C for up to 3.5 months. Because flooded soils quickly become anoxic, these larvae should be highly...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | Physiological entomology 2003-06, Vol.28 (2), p.150-153 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | . The tiger beetle Phaeoxantha klugii inhabits Central Amazonian floodplains, where it survives the annual inundation period in the third‐instar larval stage submerged in the soil at approximately 29 °C for up to 3.5 months. Because flooded soils quickly become anoxic, these larvae should be highly resistant to anoxia. The survival of adult and larval P. klugii was therefore tested during exposure to a pure nitrogen atmosphere in the laboratory at 29 °C. Adult beetles were not resistant ( |
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| ISSN: | 0307-6962 1365-3032 |
| DOI: | 10.1046/j.1365-3032.2003.00325.x |