Ultrastructure of Endocrine Cells from the Abdominal Midgut Epithelium of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 749-752

  Leite, A C R ^a   Evangelista, L G ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Endocrine cell; Lutzomyia longipalpis; Midgut; Phlebotomine; Psychodidae; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENTEROENDOCRINE CELL; FEMALE; PSYCHODIDAE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ENTEROENDOCRINE CELLS; FEMALE; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 0035465121     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-38.5.749     Document Type: Article

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