Ultrastructure of male reproductive accessory glands and ejaculatory duct in the Queensland fruit fly, Bactrocera tryoni (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Arthropod Structure and Development

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 216-226

  Radhakrishnan, Preethi ^a   Marchini, Daniela ^b   Taylor, Phillip W ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accessory glands; Insect reproduction; Tephritidae; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; EJACULATORY DUCTS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM, ROUGH; GENITALIA, MALE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUSCLES;

BACTROCERA OLEAE; BACTROCERA TRYONI; CERATITIS CAPITATA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 60749097369     PISSN: 14678039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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