Unicellular pheromone glands of the pentatomid bug Nezara viridula (Heteroptera: Insecta): Ultrastructure, classification, and proposed function

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 267, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 831-840

  Cribb, Bronwen W ^a   Siriwardana, Khema N ^a   Walter, Gimme H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crystalline secretion; End apparatus; Green vegetable bug; Insect; Type 1 gland cell

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; EXOCRINE GLAND; HETEROPTERA; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; EXOCRINE GLANDS; HETEROPTERA; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHEROMONES;

HETEROPTERA; INSECTA; NEZARA VIRIDULA; PENTATOMIDAE;

EID: 33745744092     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10442     Document Type: Article

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