AN EXTRACTION METHOD USED TO STUDY VERTICAL AND LATERAL DISTRIBUTION OF SOLDIER FLY INOPUS RUBRICEPS (DIPTERA: STRATIOMYIDAE) IN SUGAR CANE SOIL

Authors :: L. N. Robertson
Source :: Australian Journal of Entomology. 23:21-24
Publication Year :: 1984
Publisher :: Wiley, 1984.
Abstract: A method for extracting the sugarcane soldier fly (Inopus rubriceps (Macquart)) larvae, pupae and remains from canefield soils by suspension in moving water is presented. Vertical and lateral distribution of larvae and pupae in relation to sugarcane plants was studied.

Subjects :: Larva
Sugar cane
Stratiomyidae
Biology
biology.organism_classification
Soldier fly
Pupa
Inopus rubriceps
Agronomy
Insect Science
Soil water
Botany
Extraction methods
Agronomy and Crop Science
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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