The adult dipteran crop: A unique and overlooked organ

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 58, Issue , 2013, Pages 205-225

  Stoffolano, John G ^a   Haselton, Aaron T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

antimicrobials; dromyosuppressin; nuptial gifts; sensory trapping; serotonin; supercontractile muscles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873843848     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ento-120811-153653     Document Type: Review

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