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THE SALIVARY SYRINGE OF THE LEAFHOPPER MACROSTELES FASCIFRONS (HOMOPTERA: CICADELLIDAE) AND THE OCCURRENCE OF MYCOPLASMA-LIKE ORGANISMS IN ITS DUCTS1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

J. Raine  and
A. R. Forbes
J. Raine
Affiliation:
Research Station, Canada Department of Agriculture, Vancouver, British Columbia
A. R. Forbes
Affiliation:
Research Station, Canada Department of Agriculture, Vancouver, British Columbia
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Abstract

The morphology and fine structure of the salivary syringe and its associated ducts of the six-spotted leafhopper, Macrosteles fascifrons (Stål), are described and illustrated from sections studied in the light and electron microscopes. Mycoplasma-like organisms (MLOs) were found in both the afferent and efferent ducts of the salivary syringe in insects transmitting aster yellows and in insects not transmitting the disease. The occurrence of MLOs proximal to the valve in the afferent duct proves that they were from the salivary glands and were not regurgitated from the gut or drawn in from outside the insect.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 103 , Issue 1 , January 1971 , pp. 110 - 116
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1971

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