On feeding of the ground beetle Amara equestris larvae on eggs in Calliptamus italicus nests in Western Siberia

Authors
Chernyshev, SE Ivanov, EA Korobov, VA
Citation
Se. Chernyshev et al., On feeding of the ground beetle Amara equestris larvae on eggs in Calliptamus italicus nests in Western Siberia, ZOOL ZH, 79(11), 2000, pp. 1361-1363
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Animal Sciences
Journal title
ZOOLOGICHESKY ZHURNAL
ISSN journal
00445134 → ACNP
Volume
79
Issue
11
Year of publication
2000
Pages
1361 - 1363
Database
ISI
SICI code
0044-5134(200011)79:11<1361:OFOTGB>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
The feeding of Amara equestris Duft. larvae on eggs in Calliptamus italicus (L.) nests was registered for the first time in Novosibirsk oblast after t he outburst of grasshoppers in the summer of 1999. Two or three beetle larv ae of different age were found in one nest found. They actively moved inhab iting new nests. The illustrations of main larva body parts and localities of sampling larvae are given.