Ultrastructure of larvae and puparia of the blowfly Chrysomya megacephala (Diptera: Calliphoridae)

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 935-939

  Mendonça, Paloma Martins ^a,b   Dos Santos Mallet, Jacenir Reis ^a   De Carvalho Queiroz, Margareth Maria ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fly; Larvae; Puparia; SEM; Veterinary entomology

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; FLY; LARVA; LOCALISED; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS; PUPARIUM; VETERINARY ENTOMOLOGY;

SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CALLIPHORIDAE; CHRYSOMYA; CHRYSOMYA MEGACEPHALA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84862703560     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.22017     Document Type: Article

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