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Pollen consumption and digestion by leaf beetles

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Novel aspects of the biology of Chrysomelidae

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Abstract

Floral feeding in leaf beetles has been reported mainly for Aulacoscelinae, Donaciinae, Orsodacninae, Criocerinae, Megascelinae, Cryptocephalinae, Eumolpinae, Chrysomelinae, Galerucinae, and Alticinae (Jolivet, 1977, 1978, 1988, 1991; Nielsen, 1988; Schmitt, 1988, etc.), but the actual consumption of pollen in these insects has been rarely reported, though the mechanics of pollen digestion has been discussed by Mann & Crowson (1981) and Kuschel & May (1990).

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Samuelson, G.A. (1994). Pollen consumption and digestion by leaf beetles. In: Jolivet, P.H., Cox, M.L., Petitpierre, E. (eds) Novel aspects of the biology of Chrysomelidae. Series Entomologica, vol 50. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1781-4_10

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