Gross morphology and ultrastructure of the female reproductive system of Diaphorina citri (Hemiptera: Liviidae)

The morphological traits of the female reproductive system of Diaphorina citri were examined in detail. Diaphorina citri has telotrophic ovaries with ovarioles organized as a "bouquet", displaying a rudimentary terminal filament and a syncytial tropharium. The vitellarium carries a single...

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Main Authors: Fabio Cleisto Alda Dossi, Fernando Luis Cônsoli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia 2014-04-01
Series:Zoologia (Curitiba)
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702014000200007&lng=en&tlng=en