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Necrosaprophagous insects in xylophilous communities: Larvae of the genus Solva (Diptera, Xylomyidae)

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Specific features of succession of insects in wood and the role of insects in wood decomposition are considered. The composition, ecology, and the main morphological features of larvae are analyzed in typical necrosaprophages of the genus Solva.

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Original Russian Text © N.P. Krivosheina, 2016, published in Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 2016, Vol. 95, No. 1, pp. 67–79.

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Krivosheina, N.P. Necrosaprophagous insects in xylophilous communities: Larvae of the genus Solva (Diptera, Xylomyidae). Entmol. Rev. 96, 375–387 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873816030155

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