Extremely miniaturised and highly complex: The thoracic morphology of the first instar larva of Mengenilla chobauti (Insecta, Strepsiptera)

Arthropod Structure and Development

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 287-304

  Osswald, Judith ^a   Pohl, Hans ^a   Beutel, Rolf Georg ^a  

^a Evolutionsbiologie mit Phyletischem Museum   (Germany)

Author keywords

Larva; Miniaturisation; Strepsiptera; Thorax

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTHROPOD LARVA; ARTICLE; COLEOPTERA; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTICUS; INSECT; MANTISPIDAE; MENGENILLA CHOBAUTI; MUSCLE CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PTILIIDAE; RHIPIPHORIDAE; THORAX; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; LARVA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; INSECTS; LARVA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; THORAX;

COLEOPTERA; DYTISCUS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MANTISPIDAE; MELOIDAE; MENGENILLA CHOBAUTI; NEUROPTERA; PTILIIDAE; RHIPIPHORIDAE; STREPSIPTERA;

EID: 77953289294     PISSN: 14678039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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