Open AccessFood Relations of the Carabidea and Coccinellidae
Author(s) -
Stephen Alfred Forbes
Publication year - 1883
Publication title -
illinois natural history survey bulletin/bulletin - illinois natural history survey
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2644-0687
pISSN - 0073-4918
DOI - 10.21900/j.inhs.v1i6.477
Subject(s) - coccinellidae , genus , biology , zoology , identification (biology) , botany , ecology , predation , predator
Reports on food of beetles in two families in based on dissections of specimens and identification of gut contents. For Carabidae, 185 specimens representing 38 species and 20 genera were examined. For Coccinellidae, 20 specimens in 3 genera were examined. Results are summarized at the genus level, with a general summary for each family also provided.