The fine structure of the female reproductive system of Zorotypus caudelli Karny (Zoraptera)

Arthropod Structure and Development

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-63

  Dallai, R ^a   Mercati, D ^a   Gottardo, M ^a   Machida, R ^b   Mashimo, Y ^b   Beutel, R G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Insect phylogeny; Insect reproduction; Ovary structure; Spermatheca

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GLYCOCALYX; GOLGI COMPLEX; INSECT; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVIDUCT; SECRETORY CELL; SPERMATHECA; ZOROTYPUS CAUDELLI; ZOROTYPUS HUBBARDI;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; INSECTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OVIDUCTS;

HEXAPODA; PHASMATODEA; PLECOPTERA; ZORAPTERA; ZOROTYPUS; ZOROTYPUS HUBBARDI;

EID: 81255193688     PISSN: 14678039     EISSN: 18735495     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2011.08.003     Document Type: Article

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