UTILIZATION OF NITROGEN- FIXING MICROORGANISMS BY LARVAE OF HIGHER DIPTERA
FAMILIES INVOLVED 1. EPHYDRIDAE (SHORE FLIES) 2. PLATYSTOMATIDAE (PICTURE-WINGED FLIES) 3. MICROPEZIDAE ()
EPHYDRIDAE (SHORE FLIES)
TRIBE HYADININI 1. GENUS HYADINA 2. GENUS LYTOGASTER 3. GENUS PHILYGRIA 4. GENUS NOSTIMA 5. GENUS AXYSTA 6. GENUS PELINA
CYANOBACTERIA ARE COMMON ON MOIST SOILS
BIOLOGY OF HYADINA
BIOLOGY OF LYTOGASTER
BIOLOGY OF PHILYGRIA
BIOLOGY OF NOSTIMA
BIOLOGY OF AXYSTA
BIOLOGY OF PELINA
PLATYSTOMATIDAE (PICTURE-WINGED FLIES) A LARGELY TROPICAL FAMILY, PARTICULARLY IN THE ORIENT AND AFRICA ONLY FOUR GENERA AND SOME ?? SPECIES IN THE NEW WORLD
THE GENUS RIVELLIA 1. A WORLD-WIDE GENUS OF OVER 100 SPECIES THAT FEED ON THE NITROGEN-FIXING NODULES OF LEGUMES 2. SOME ARE ECONOMICALLY DAMAGING TO SOYBEAN AND COW PEA 3. MANY SPECIES FEED ON NATIVE SPECIES OF FAMILY LEGUMINOSAE
RIVELLIA PALLIDA LARVAE ATTACK NODULES OF HOG PEANUT (AMPHICARPAEA)
RIVELLIA MELLIGINIS
FAMILY MICROPZIDAE 1. A WIDELY DISTRIBUTED FAMILY OF SOME ? SPECIES 2. SOME ? GENERA AND ? SPECIES IN AMERICA NORTH OF MEXICO 3. GENUS MICROPEZA HAS ONLY ? SPECIES IN NORTH AMERICA BUT SOME ? SPECIES IN THE AMERICAS SOUTH OF THE UNITED STATES
LARVAE ATTACK ROOT NODULES OF TREE AND SHRUB LEGUMES
DISTRIBUTION OF MICROPEZA LINEATA
WILD LICORICE (GLYCYRRHIZA LEPIOTA)
DISTRIBUTION OF WILD LICORICE
ROOT NODULES ON WILD LICORICE