Midgut morphology and enzymes of the obligate zoophytophagous stinkbug Brontocoris tabidus (Signoret, 1863) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)

Pan-Pacific Entomologist

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 66-74

  Guedes, Bruno A M ^a   Zanuncio, José Cola ^a   Ramalho, Francisco Sousa ^b   Serrão, José Eduardo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA ALGODÃO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alimentary canal; Digestive enzymes; Heteroptera; Histology; Pentatomidae; Predator

Indexed keywords

BRONTOCORIS TABIDUS; HEMIPTERA; HETEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; PENTATOMIDAE;

EID: 34247539179     PISSN: 00310603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3956/0031-0603-83.1.66     Document Type: Article

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