The ultrastructure, morphology and distribution of sensilla on the antennae of the adult parasitoids Aleochara bilineata gyll. and Aleochara bipustulata L. (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)

International Journal of Insect Morphology and Embryology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 261-280

  Skilbeck, Christopher A ^a   Anderson, Moray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cabbage root fly; onion fly; SEM; TEM

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; DENDRITE; FEMALE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PREDATION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0030184039     PISSN: 00207322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0020-7322(96)00005-0     Document Type: Article

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