Ultrastructure of the ommatrichia in Megaselia scalaris (Loew) (Diptera: Phoridae)

Micron

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 191-194

  Sukontason, Kom ^a   Sukontason, Kabkaew L ^a   Piangjai, Somsak ^a   Choochote, Wej ^a   Vogtsberger, Roy C ^b  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

^b HARDIN SIMMONS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Megaselia scalaris; Ommatrichia; Scanning electron microscopy; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

COMPOUND EYES; MECHANORECEPTION; OMMATRICHIA;

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VISION;

BIOMECHANICS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EYE; FLY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; EYE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING;

DIPTERA; MEGASELIA SCALARIS; PHORIDAE;

EID: 11144283508     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2004.09.005     Document Type: Article

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