Stomodaeal valve ultrastructure in the sandfly Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae)

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 132-135

  Tang, Yinshan ^a   Ward, Richard D ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemosensilla; Crop; Digestion; Feeding behaviour; Fore gut; Lutzomyia longipalpis; Meal destination; Mid gut; Phlebotomine sandfly; Psychodidae; Stomodaeal valve

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIGESTION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DISEASE CARRIER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PSYCHODIDAE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; DIGESTION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECT VECTORS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PSYCHODIDAE;

ANIMALIA; DIPTERA; INSECTA; LUTZOMYIA LONGIPALPIS; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 0032052661     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.1998.00069.x     Document Type: Article

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