Confocal microscopy refines generic concept of a problematic taxon: Rediagnosis of the genus Neoprothrix and remarks on female anatomy of eriophyoids (Acari: Eriophyoidea)

Zootaxa

Volumn 3919, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 179-191

  Chetverikov, Philipp E ^a,b   Desnitskiy, Alexey G ^b   Navia, Denise ^c  

^a ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

3D reconstruction; Arthropod reproductive anatomy; Mite yolk; Phytoptidae

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; ERIOPHYOIDEA; HIBISCUS; NAVIA;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE; MITE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MITES;

EID: 84930694857     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3919.1.8     Document Type: Article

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