Structure and function of the gnathosoma of the mange mite, Psoroptes ovis

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 378-385

  Mapstone, S C ^a   Beasley, A ^a   Wall, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chelicerae; Feeding; Gnathosoma; Infracapitulum; Mange; Mites; Mouthparts; Palps; Psoroptes

Indexed keywords

MITE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MOUTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PSOROPTIDAE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MOUTH; PSOROPTIDAE;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; OVIS; PSOROPTES; PSOROPTES CUNICULI; PSOROPTES OVIS; PSOROPTIDAE;

EID: 0036909218     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.2002.00387.x     Document Type: Article

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