Effect of lufenuron on chorionic and cuticular structure of unhatched larval Ctenocephalides felis (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 92-100

  Meola, Roger W ^a   Dean, Susan R ^a   Meola, Shirlee M ^b   Sittertz Bhatkar, Helga ^a   Schenker, Rudolf ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chitin synthesis inhibitor; Ctenocephalides felis; Cuticle; Lufenuron

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; CTENOCEPHALIDES; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS; FELIS; FELIS CATUS; PULICIDAE; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

BENZAMIDE DERIVATIVE; FLUPHENACUR; INSECTICIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAT; CATTLE; CHORION; FEMALE; FLEA; LARVA; OOCYTE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VITELLINE MEMBRANE;

ANIMALS; BENZAMIDES; CATS; CATTLE; CHORION; FEMALE; FLEAS; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; OVUM; VITELLINE MEMBRANE;

EID: 0032617654     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/36.1.92     Document Type: Article

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