The principal structure of male genital sclerites and muscles of bombycoid moths, with special reference to Anthelidae (Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea)

Arthropod Structure and Development

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 147-161

  Zwick, Andreas ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Comparative morphology; function; Genitalia; Gnathos; Homology; Transtilla

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOMBYCOIDEA; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; INTEGUMENT; LEPIDOPTERA; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MOTH; NONHUMAN; SCLERITE; SPECIES COMPARISON; STERNUM; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; TAXONOMY; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; BOMBYX; GENITALIA, MALE; MALE; MOTHS; MUSCLES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANTHELIDAE; BOMBYCOIDEA; LEPIDOPTERA; SATURNIIDAE; TILODON;

EID: 56949105595     PISSN: 14678039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2008.07.006     Document Type: Article

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