Document Type
Peer-Review Article
Abstract
(excerpt)
Entomophily is commonly associated with flowering plants and their pollen vectors, but also occurs in other groups of plants. Among fungi, several genera of Phallaceae offer food rewards to calliphorid and muscid flies, which inadvertently disperse the fungal spores (Ingold 1964). Bryhn (1897) first noted a relationship between various species ofDiptera and members of the moss family Splachnaceae. The nature of this interaction has been the subject of much speculation (Bequaert 1921, Erlanson 1935, Crum et aI. 1972, Koponen and Koponen 1977), but no experimental evidence has been collected.
Recommended Citation
Troilo, David B. and Cameron, Randall G.
1981.
"Comparative Behavior of Pyrellia Cyanicolor (Diptera: Muscidae) on the Moss Splachnum Ampullaceum and on Substrates of Nutritional Value,"
The Great Lakes Entomologist, vol 14
(4)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22543/0090-0222.1402
Available at:
https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol14/iss4/6