Larval habitat characteristics along the Scheldt estuarium of Bradysia ocellaris (Comstock), a Black Fungus Gnat (Diptera: Sciaridae) of economic importance

Authors

  • Charlotte Sohier Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Entomology Department, Vautierstraat 29, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium
  • Wouter De Koninck Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Entomology Department, Vautierstraat 29, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium
  • Frank Menzel Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, Eberswalder Strasse 90, 15374 Müncheberg, Germany
  • Veerle Versteirt Institute of Tropical Medicine, Biomedical Sciences Department, Medical Entomology unit, Nationalestraat 155, B-2000 Antwerp, Belgium
  • Patrick Grootaert Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Entomology Department, Vautierstraat 29, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26496/bjz.2012.153

Keywords:

Diptera, Sciaridae, Belgium, Scheldt estuarium, emergence traps

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2024-03-18

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Sohier, C., De Koninck, W., Menzel, F., Versteirt, V., & Grootaert, P. (2024). Larval habitat characteristics along the Scheldt estuarium of Bradysia ocellaris (Comstock), a Black Fungus Gnat (Diptera: Sciaridae) of economic importance. Belgian Journal of Zoology, 142(2), 127–129. https://doi.org/10.26496/bjz.2012.153

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Vol. 142 No. 2 (2012)

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