Palmen body: A reliable structure to estimate the number of instars in Siphlonurus aestivalis (Eaton) (Ephemeroptera: Siphlonuridae)

International Journal of Insect Morphology and Embryology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 341-344

  Ruffieux, Laurence ^a   Sartori, Michel ^a   L'Eplattenier, Geneviève ^a  

^a Musee de Zoologie Lausanne   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FLY; HISTOLOGY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0030184025     PISSN: 00207322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0020-7322(96)00004-9     Document Type: Article

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