Ultrastructure of the tropharium of Dactylopius coccus Costa, 1829 (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Dactylopiidae).

An ultrastructural description of adult females tropharium of Dactylopius coccus Costa, 1829, by electron microscopy transmission was realized. The tropharium is surrounded by an inner epithelial sheath and by a tunica propria. Furthermore, it contains large nurse cells with irregular-shaped nuclei...

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Main Author: Ramírez-Cruz, Arturo
Format: Online
Language:spa
Published: Instituto de Ecología, A.C. 2012
Online Access:https://azm.ojs.inecol.mx/index.php/azm/article/view/860