Characteristics of sperm ultrastructure in the gall midges Porricondylinae (Insecta, Diptera, Cecidomyiidae), with phylogenetic considerations on the subfamily

Zoomorphology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 85-94

  Dallai, R ^a   Lupetti, P ^a   Frati, F ^a   Mamaev, B M ^b   Afzelius, B A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b All Russia Qualification Inst F   (Russian Federation)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYNAPTINI; CECIDOMYIIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; DICERURINI; DIPTERA; HETEROPEZINI; INSECTA; PORRICONDYLINAE; PORRICONDYLINI; WINNERTZIA;

EID: 0030551937     PISSN: 0720213X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02526873     Document Type: Article

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