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Record Nr.

UNINA9910349453003321

Autore

Rotheray Graham E.

Titolo

Ecomorphology of Cyclorrhaphan Larvae (Diptera) / / by Graham E. Rotheray

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

3-319-92546-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 pages)

Collana

Zoological Monographs, , 2523-3904 ; ; 4

Disciplina

571.876

Soggetti

Entomology

Animal ecology

Evolution (Biology)

Anatomy

Animal Ecology

Evolutionary Biology

Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1: The Cyclorrhaphan larva -- Chapter 2: Acquiring data: targets, problems and solutions -- Chapter 3: Forms, functions and names -- Chapter 4: Mobility and locomotion -- Chapter 5: Respiration -- Chapter 6: Saprophagy, developing on decay -- Chapter 7: Phytophagy and mycophagy -- Chapter 8: Zoophagy: predation and parasitism -- Chapter 9: The Cyclorrhaphan larva as a data source.

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers an overview of the larva of Diptera Cyclorrhapha. It first discusses the principal forms, functions and roles of larvae, and then evaluates feeding, locomotion and respiration in larval saprophages, phytophages and zoophages as keys to understanding and predicting larval morphology. It also highlights how the environment affects morphology, the adaptiveness of morphological features and compares the adaptive features. Assessing the larval attributes that have the potential to explain the success of the Cyclorrhapha, the book also suggests future research directions and provides a summary of main findings and conclusions. As such, it



appeals to entomologists, evolutionary biologists and Diptera researchers in all fields.