Immunohistochemistry of the products of male accessory glands in several hemimetabolous insects and the control of their secretion in Pyrrhocoris apterus (Heteroptera: Pyrrhocoridae)

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 349-360

  Šauman, Ivo ^a   Sehnal, František ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Accessory glands; Imaginal diapause; Pyrrhocoris apterus; Reproduction; Sexual maturation

Indexed keywords

BLATTARIA; HETEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PYRRHOCORIDAE; PYRRHOCORIS APTERUS; TENEBRIO; TENEBRIO MOLITOR; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 0005683712     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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