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THE CHORIONIC ARCHITECTURE OF ZELUS EXSANGUIS (HEMIPTERA: REDUVIIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

E. H. Salkeld
E. H. Salkeld
Affiliation:
Entomology Research Institute, Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa
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Abstract

The chorionic structure of the main body and the specialized opercular region in the egg of Zelus exsanguis (Stål) is described. The chorionic architecture of this species is typical of the ova in the Harpactorinae.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 104 , Issue 3 , March 1972 , pp. 433 - 442
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1972

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