Surface swimming behavior of the curculionid Ochetina uniformis Pascoe (Erirhininae, Stenopelmini) and Ludovix fasciatus (Gyllenhal) (Curculioninae, Erodiscini) Comportamento de nado superficial exibido pelos Curculionidae Ochetina uniformis Pascoe (Erirhininae, Stenopelmini) e Ludovix fasciatus (Gyllenhal) (Curculioninae, Erodiscini)

Surface swimming behavior of the curculionid Ochetina uniformis Pascoe (Erirhininae, Stenopelmini) and Ludovix fasciatus (Gyllenhal) (Curculioninae, Erodiscini) Comportamento de nado superficial exibido pelos Curculionidae Ochetina uniformis Pascoe (Erirhininae, Stenopelmini) e Ludovix fasciatus (Gyllenhal) (Curculioninae, Erodiscini)

The swimming behavior exhibited by specimens of L. fasciatus and O. uniformis was analyzed frame-by-frame with video observation recorded with a digital camera, attached to a stereomicroscope. Adults of O. uniformis, an aquatic insect, swim with all three pairs of legs. During the process of swimmin...

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Main Authors: Wesley Oliveira de Sousa, Marinêz Isaac Marques, Germano Henrique Rosado-Neto, Joachim Adis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia 2007-03-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Entomologia
Subjects:
Adaptação comportamental
Amazônia Central
gorgulhos aquáticos/semi-aquáticos
Pantanal Mato-grossense
Aquatic/semi-aquatic weevils
behavioral adaptation
Central Amazonia
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