Glandular Areas Associated with the Male Genitalia in Triatoma rubrofasciata (Triatominae, Reduviidae, Hemiptera) and Other Reduviidae

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 773-776

  Weirauch, Christiane ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Exocrine gland; Male external genitalia; Reduviidae; Triatominae

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXOCRINE GLAND; HEMIPTERA; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PENIS; REDUVIIDAE; TRIATOMA; TRIATOMA RUBROFASCIATA;

HEMIPTERA; PYGOPHORA; REDUVIIDAE; TRIATOMA; TRIATOMA RUBROFASCIATA; TRIATOMINAE;

EID: 0346991930     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762003000600011     Document Type: Article

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