Characterization of the cuticular surface wax pores and the waxy particles of the dustywing, Semidalis flinti (Neuroptera: Coniopterygidae)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 343-356

  Nelson, Dennis R ^a   Freeman, Thomas P ^b   Buckner, James S ^a   Hoelmer, Kim A ^a   Jackson, Charles G ^a   Hagler, James R ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatty acids; Hydrocarbons; Predator; Primary alcohols; Scanning electron microscopy; Secondary alcohols; Wax esters; Whitefly

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; FATTY ALCOHOL; HYDROCARBON; LIGNOCERIC ACID; LIPID; WAX;

ABDOMEN; ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTICLE; FEMALE; INSECT; MALE; MATERIAL STATE; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMIDALIS FLINTI; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ALEYRODIDAE; CONIOPTERYGIDAE; NEUROPTERA;

EID: 1542398005     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1096-4959(03)00216-1     Document Type: Article

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