Morphology of the female Myrmecolacidae (Strepsiptera) including the apron, and an associated structure analogous to the peritrophic matrix

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 269-287

  Kathirithamby, Jeyaraney ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cephalothorax; Cuticle; Microvilli; Moult; Neotenic female

Indexed keywords

MYRMECOLACIDAE; STICHOTREMA DALLATORREANUM; STREPSIPTERA;

EID: 0034348393     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2000.tb00164.x     Document Type: Article

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