Female reproductive system of the decapitating fly Pseudacteon wasmanni Schmitz (Diptera: Phoridae)

Arthropod Structure and Development

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 329-337

  Zacaro, Adilson A ^a,c   Porter, Sanford D ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biocontrol; Brazil; Fire ant; Ovary; Ovipositor; Solenopsis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ANT; ARTICLE; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FLY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INVAGINATION; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; ORIENTATION; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVIDUCT; PAEDOGENESIS; PSEUDACTEON WASMANNI; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLENOPSIS; SOUTH AMERICA; STAINING; VITELLOGENESIS;

DIPTERA; FORMICIDAE; PHORIDAE; SOLENOPSIS; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; TORPEDO;

EID: 0038476084     PISSN: 14678039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1467-8039(02)00049-X     Document Type: Article

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