Mouthpart sensilla of cave species of Australian Paratemnopteryx cockroaches (Blattaria : Blattellidae)

International Journal of Insect Morphology and Embryology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 291-300

  Bland, Roger G ^a   Slaney, David P ^b   Weinstein, Philip ^c  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Chemoreceptors; Insects; Labial palpus; Maxillary palpus; Morphology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMORECEPTOR; COCKROACH; MOUTH; NONHUMAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SENSORY SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0032412380     PISSN: 00207322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7322(98)00021-X     Document Type: Article

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