Functional anatomy of oil glands in Collohmannia gigantea (Acari, Oribatida)

Zoomorphology

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 105-112

  Raspotnig, Günther ^a,b   Schuster, Reinhart ^a   Krisper, Günther ^a  

^a Inst Zool an Karl Franzens Univ   (Austria)

^b ST ANNA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Collohmannia; Exocrine secretion; Oil glands; Oribatida

Indexed keywords

ACARI; COLLOHMANNIA; ORIBATIDA;

EID: 0042236541     PISSN: 0720213X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00435-003-0075-2     Document Type: Article

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