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Predation of Arternia cysts by water-tiger larvae of the genus Anacaena (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae)

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Artemia cysts are preyed upon by the larvae of Anacaena (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae) in the wet supralittoral of the hypersaline Solar Lake near Elat. The larvae are specialized feeders of the cysts, as shown by laboratory experiments.

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  1. Department of Zoology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91904, Jerusalem, Israel

    Ch. Dimentman & J. Spira

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Dimentman, C., Spira, J. Predation of Arternia cysts by water-tiger larvae of the genus Anacaena (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae). Hydrobiologia 97, 163–165 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00011970

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