Surface morphology of legs in the assassin bug Zelus longipes (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) : A scanning electron microscopy study with an emphasis on hairs and pores

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 457-461

  Wolf, Klaus Werner ^a   Reid, Walton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Integumental glands; Preying behavior; Reduviidae; Setae; Sundew hairs; Zelus longipes

Indexed keywords

EID: 22944434273     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2001)094[0457:SMOLIT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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