External exoskeletal cavities in Coleoptera and their possible mycangial functions

Entomological Science

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 81-98

  Grebennikov, Vasily V ^a   Leschen, Richard A B ^b  

^a CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

^b New Zealand Arthropod Collection   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Coleoptera; Exoskeleton; Fungal transmission; Fungi; Morphology; Mycangia; Mycetangia; Spores

Indexed keywords

ANOBIIDAE; ANTHRIBIDAE; ATTELABIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIPHYLLIDAE; BOGANIIDAE; CARABIDAE; CERYLONIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CRYPTOPHAGIDAE; CUPEDIDAE; CURCULIONIDAE; DERODONTIDAE; ELATERIDAE; ELMIDAE; ENDOMYCHIDAE; EROTYLIDAE; FUNGI; HISTERIDAE; HYBOSORIDAE; HYDRAENIDAE; JACOBSONIIDAE; LEIODIDAE; LEPICERIDAE; MYCETOPHAGIDAE; NITIDULIDAE; OMMATIDAE; PHLOEOSTICHIDAE; PLATYPODINI; PTILIIDAE; PYROCHROIDAE; RHINORHIPIDAE; RHYSODINAE; SCARABAEIDAE; SCOLYTINAE; SILVANIDAE; SPHINDIDAE; STAPHYLINIDAE; THROSCIDAE; ZOPHERIDAE;

EID: 77952784858     PISSN: 13438786     EISSN: 14798298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8298.2009.00351.x     Document Type: Review

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