Investigation of taxonomically important morphological features of endoparasitic bat flies of the subfamily Ascodipterinae (Diptera: Streblidae) by scanning electron microscopy

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1122, 2006, Pages 57-68

  Hastriter, Michael W ^a   Dittmar, Katharina ^a   Whiting, Michael F ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascodipteron; Bat flies; Nycteribiidae; SEM; Streblidae

Indexed keywords

ASCODIPTERINAE; ASCODIPTERON; DIPTERA; NYCTERIBIIDAE; STREBLIDAE;

EID: 33745266098     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1122.1.4     Document Type: Article

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