An exaggerated trait in insects: The prothoracic skeleton of Stictocephala bisonia (Homoptera: Membracidae)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 238, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 157-178

  Stegmann, Ulrich E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Double layer; Function; Lobe; Morphogenesis; Pronotum; Prothorax; Stictocephala bisonia

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MEMBRACIDAE; STICTOCEPHALA; STICTOCEPHALA BISONIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031796452     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199811)238:2<157::AID-JMOR3>3.3.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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