Transition from bamboo sap to water: Aquatic habits in the sap beetle Amphicrossus japonicus (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Nitidulidae)
Amphicrossus japonicus is the first known facultatively aquatic nitidulid. The adult beetles breed in bamboo sap and subsequently enter water-filled bamboo culms. In water they breathe via a ventral air sheath held by hydrofuge pubescence. The beetles are facultative predators and hunt mosquito larv...
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Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Science
2007-07-01
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| Series: | European Journal of Entomology |
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| Online Access: | https://www.eje.cz/artkey/eje-200703-0027_Transition_from_bamboo_sap_to_water_Aquatic_habits_in_the_sap_beetle_Amphicrossus_japonicus_Coleoptera_Cucuj.php |