Notes on midgut ultrastructure of Cimex hemipterus (Hemiptera: Cimicidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 435-441

  Azevedo, Dihego Oliveira ^a   Neves, Clóvis Andrade ^a   Mallet, Jacenir Reis Dos Santos ^b   Gonçalves, Teresa Cristina Monte ^b   Zanuncio, José Cola ^a   Serrão, José Eduardo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blood digestion; Perimicrovillar membranes; Spherocrystals; Triatominae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CIMEX; CYTOLOGY; DIGESTION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BEDBUGS; DIGESTION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION;

CIMEX; CIMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HETEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; TRIATOMINAE;

EID: 67650169484     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/033.046.0304     Document Type: Article

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