Eggs of the sink bug Acrosternum (Chinavia) marginatum (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae): A scanning electron microscopy study

Journal of Submicroscopic Cytology and Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 143-149

  Wolf, K W ^a   Reid, W ^a   Rider, D A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aero micropylar processes; Chorion; Coarse surface pattern; Egg burster; Embryonic cuticle

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EGG; EGG SHELL; HATCHING; HEMIPTERA; NONHUMAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ANIMAL; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CHORION; FEMALE; MALE; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACROSTERNUM; ACROSTERNUM MARGINATUM; GRAPHOSOMA LINEATUM; HEMIPTERA; PENTATOMIDAE;

ANIMALS; CHORION; EGG SHELL; FEMALE; HEMIPTERA; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OVUM; WEST INDIES;

EID: 0036527060     PISSN: 11229497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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