Ultramorphological characteristics of Chrysomya megacephala (Diptera, Calliphoridae) eggs and its eclosion

Micron

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1134-1137

  David, José Augusto de Oliveira ^a   Rocha, Thalita ^b   Caetano, Flávio Henrique ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blowflie; Chorion; Egg; Gas exchange; Larvae; Plastron

Indexed keywords

SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BLOWFLIE; CHORION; CONVEX FACES; CONVEX SURFACES; DIFFERENT SIZES; DIPTERA; EGG; FISH CARCASSES; FLAT SURFACES; GAS EXCHANGE; LARVAE; MINCED MEAT; PERMEABLE SURFACES; PHILIPS; PLASTRON; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; ULTRAMORPHOLOGY;

ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLY; OOCYTE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; FEMALE; OVUM;

CALLIPHORIDAE; CHRYSOMYA; CHRYSOMYA MEGACEPHALA; DIPTERA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 52049119266     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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