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Where Is My Food? Brazilian Flower Fly Steals Prey from Carnivorous Sundews in a Newly Discovered Plant-Animal Interaction
A new interaction between insects and carnivorous plants is reported from Brazil. Larvae of the predatory flower fly Toxomerus basalis (Diptera: Syrphidae: Syrphinae) have been found scavenging on the sticky leaves of several carnivorous sundew species (Drosera, Droseraceae) in Minas Gerais and São...
Autores principales: | Fleischmann, Andreas, Rivadavia, Fernando, Gonella, Paulo M., Pérez-Bañón, Celeste, Mengual, Ximo, Rojo, Santos |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4856264/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27144980 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0153900 |
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