Male genitalia of flesh fly Parasarcophaga (Liosarcophaga) dux (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) revealed by scanning electron microscopy

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 80-83

  Chaiwong, Tarinee ^a   Sukontason, Kabkaew L ^a   Chaithong, Udom ^a   Olson, Jimmy K ^b   Kurahashi, Hiromu ^c   Sukontason, Kom ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Male genitalia; Morphology; Parasarcophaga dux; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FLY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; GENITALIA, MALE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING;

DIPTERA; LIOSARCOPHAGA; PARASARCOPHAGA; SARCOPHAGIDAE;

EID: 34248646000     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2987/8756-971X(2007)23[80:MGOFFP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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