A large, tent-like structure used for trapping flying insects particularly hymenoptera and diptera. It is a tent-like structure made of a material such as terylene netting and can be in various colours. Insects fly into the tent wall and those with a habits of moving upwards on hitting an onbstruction are funnelled into a collecting vessel attached to the highest point.
The trap was developed by the Swedish entomologist René Malaise.
Links: http://en.wikiped...A9_Malaise (René Malaise), http://www.johnwh...s_trap.pdf (setup instructions), http://www.discov...final.html (calibration for biodiversity sampling, a proposal document)
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Appreciate it, Tony Irwin! I got the hint to use the key next to Langton and Pinder key for females of Chironomidae. So no specific queries, except the keys...
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Anyone has "Chironomidae of the Holarctic region. Keys and diagnoses. Part 3. Adult Males Entomologica Scandinavica Supplement 34"?
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