Cuticular plasticization caused by cuticular pH descent, and mitochondria-rich acidophilic epidermal cells in adult female Haemaphysalis longicornis (Acari: Ixodidae)

Zoological Science

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 211-217

  Okura, Nobuhiko ^a   Mori, Takayuki ^a   Ando, Koichi ^b   Shiraishi, Satoshi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU SANGYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARI; HAEMAPHYSALIS LONGICORNIS; IXODIDAE;

EID: 0031485468     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.14.211     Document Type: Article

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