Ultrastructure of reproductive accessory glands in the female sandfly Phlebotomus perniciosus newstead (Diptera: Psychodidae)

International Journal of Insect Morphology and Embryology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 121-128

  Fausto, Anna Maria ^a   Khoury, Cristina ^b   Maroli, Michele ^b   Mazzini, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gonotrophic cycle; Insect reproduction; Phlebotomine; Scanning and transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY SEX GLAND; ARTICLE; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GENITAL SYSTEM; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHLEBOTOMUS; PSYCHODIDAE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0030716221     PISSN: 00207322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7322(97)00007-X     Document Type: Article

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