Ultrastructure of the compound eyes in the hangingfly Bittacus planus Cheng (Mecoptera: Bittacidae)

Micron

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 953-959

  Wei, Yao ^a   Hua, Baozhen ^a   Yan, Gang ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bittacidae; Bittacus; Mecoptera; Ommatidium; Retinula; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

BITTACIDAE; BITTACUS; MECOPTERA; OMMATIDIUM; RETINULA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPOUND EYE; CYTOLOGY; INSECT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; COMPOUND EYE, ARTHROPOD; INSECTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION;

BITTACIDAE; BITTACUS; MECOPTERA;

EID: 79956195930     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2010.07.005     Document Type: Article

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