Morphology of the female Myrmecolacidae (Strepsiptera) including the apron, and an associated structure analogous to the peritrophic matrix
Development in the totally endoparasitic female Strepsiptera has been clarified by light and electron microscopy. At the end of the 4th instar the cuticle sclerotizes anteriorly to form the cephalothorax and collar, the former of which is later extruded through the host cuticle. Posteriorly, the cut...
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Oxford University Press
2000
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