Small aquatic and ripicolous bugs (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha) as predators and prey: The question of economic importance

Title:

Small aquatic and ripicolous bugs (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha) as predators and prey: The question of economic importance

Creator:

Papáček, Miroslav

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:754c81dc-f289-4dcf-ba8b-244e5a7f7caa
uuid:754c81dc-f289-4dcf-ba8b-244e5a7f7caa

Subject:

Heteroptera, Nepomorpha, Notonectidae, Corixidae, Pleidae, Helotrephidae, Aphelocheiridae, Gelastocoridae, Ochteridae, biology, aquatic, ripicolous, food relationships, predator, prey, review, and proposed economic importance

Type:

article, model:article, and TEXT

Description:

Some features of the biology and feeding relationships of small waterbugs (Notonectidae, Corixidae, Pleidae, Helotrephidae, Aphelocheiridae) and ripicolous bugs (Gelastocoridae, Ochteridae) are reviewed. Individual families are discussed as predators or as prey of other animals. Special attention is given to characteristics and relationships that affect human beings directly or indirectly. The most important relationships from the economic point of view are: bugs and blood-sucking Diptera, bugs and fish, bugs and some endangered or protected amphibians and water birds. Of less importance is the occasional use of some aquatic bugs as saprobity bioindicators. It seems that the economic importance of these bugs has been underestimated.

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
policy:public

Source:

European Journal of Entomology | 2001 Volume:98 | Number:1

Harvested from:

CDK

Metadata only:

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