Regulation of the development of flight muscles in long-winged adults of the flightless bug Pyrrhocoris apterus (Heteroptera: Pyrrhocoridae)

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 575-583

  Socha, Radomír ^a   Šula, Jan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Allatectomy; De alation; Diapause; Firebug; Flight muscles; Heteroptera; Methoprene; Proteins; Pyrrhocoridae; Pyrrhocoris apterus; Reproductive organs; Starvation

Indexed keywords

DIAPAUSE; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; FLIGHTLESSNESS; INSECT; MATURATION; PHOTOPERIOD; PROTEIN; WING MORPHOLOGY;

HETEROPTERA; PYRRHOCORIDAE; PYRRHOCORIS APTERUS;

EID: 55349093019     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2008.077     Document Type: Article

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