Discovery and Description of the Bacterial Associates of a Gregarious Riparian Beetle with Explosive Defensive Chemistry

Bombardier beetles (Carabidae: Brachininae), well known for their unique explosive defensive chemistry, are found in riparian corridors throughout the American Southwest where they commonly form large diurnal aggregations in moist areas under rocks, in crevices, and in leaf litter. Using high throug...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McManus, Reilly
Other Authors: Moore, Wendy
Language:en_US
Published: The University of Arizona. 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/625915
http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/625915