Analysis of individual oil gland secretion profiles in oribatid mites (acari: Oribatida)

International Journal of Acarology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 409-417

  Raspotnig, Günther ^a,b   Föttinger, Petra ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Acari; Archegozetes; Austria; Chemical ecology; Chemosystematics; Collohmannia; Collohmanniidae; Opisthonotal glands; Trhypochthoniidae

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARCHEGOZETES; ARCHEGOZETES LONGISETOSUS; ASTIGMATA; BRACHYPYLINA; COLLOHMANNIA; COLLOHMANNIIDAE; DESMONOMATA; MIXONOMATA; ORIBATIDA; PARHYPOSOMATA; TRHYPOCHTHONIIDAE;

EID: 57349193812     PISSN: 01647954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17088180809434785     Document Type: Article

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