Central projections of first-order ocellar interneurons in the bug Triatoma infestans (Heteroptera: Reduviidae)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 229, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 161-169

  Insausti, Teresita C ^a,b   Lazzari, Claudio R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

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EID: 0029800254     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199608)229:2<161::AID-JMOR2>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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