Functional morphology of the mouthparts of the adult Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Coronado Gonzalez, Pablo A ^a   Vijaysegaran, S ^b   Robinson, Alan S ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Feeding mechanism; Labellar filtering; Proboscis; Tephritidae

Indexed keywords

BLEPHARONEURA; CERATITIS CAPITATA; DIPTERA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 57549102622     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15362442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1673/031.008.7301     Document Type: Article

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