Sperm structure of Mecoptera and Siphonaptera (Insecta) and the phylogenetic position of Boreus hyemalis

Zoomorphology

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 211-220

  Dallai, Romano ^a   Lupetti, Pietro ^a   Afzelius, Björn A ^b   Frati, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Insect phylogeny; Insect spermatozoa; Insect ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

BOREUS HYEMALIS; CANIS; COLLEMBOLA; CTENOCEPHALIDES; CTENOCEPHALIDES CANIS; INSECTA; MECOPTERA; PANORPA; PANORPA GERMANICA; SCORPIONES; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 0345771734     PISSN: 0720213X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00435-003-0087-y     Document Type: Article

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