The stylets of the large milkweed bug, <i>Oncopeltus fasciatus</i> (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae), and their innervation

Authors

  • A. R. Forbes Research Station Agriculture Canada Vancouver, B.C.

Keywords:

large milkweed bug, <i>Oncopeltus fasciatus</i>, Hemiptera, Lygaeidae

Abstract

Sections of the stylets of the large milkweed bug were examined in the electron microscope. They differ from those of 29 spp. of Homoptera studied earlier, in having: flanges on the maxillary stylets that engage grooves in the mandibular stylets; three large and three small dendrites in the central duct within the mandibular stylets; and a large salivary canal.

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2019-08-28

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Vol. 73 (1976): Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia

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