Mouthparts of Megaselia scalaris (Loew) (Diptera: Phoridae)

Micron

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 345-350

  Sukontason, Kom ^a   Sukontason, Kabkaew L ^a   Piangjai, Somsak ^a   Boonchu, Noppawan ^a   Chaiwong, Tarinee ^a   Vogtsberger, Roy C ^b  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

^b HARDIN SIMMONS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Feeding; Megaselia scalaris; Mouthparts; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; MEGASELIA SCALARIS; PHORIDAE;

EID: 0242457357     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2003.08.003     Document Type: Article

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