Eversible pheromone gland in a melolonthin beetle, Holotrichia parallela

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 825-833

  Kim, Jong Yoon ^a   Leal, Walter Soares ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accessory gland; Coleoptera; Columnar cells; Holotrichia parallela; Melolonthinae; Pheromone gland; Scarabaeidae

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE; TISSUE EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; BEETLE; CELL FUNCTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXTRACTION; INSECT; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION;

COLEOPTERA; HOLOTRICHIA PARALLELA; INSECTA; MELOLONTHINAE; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 0032953370     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020896801562     Document Type: Article

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