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An improved Technique for Permanent Mounts of small Insects and Nematodes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Donald H. Colless
Donald H. Colless
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, University of Malaya.
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Extract

An improved technique is described for the preparation of permanent mounts of small Arthropoda and Nematoda, using a phenol-balsam mounting medium; a method is also described for clearing live, or freshly killed, specimens in strong chloral hydrate solution. The essential feature of the mounting method is the transfer of the specimen to a slide, in a drop of phenol, to which dry, powdered balsam is added and allowed to dissolve in situ. The mount is then dried and later covered in the usual fashion.

Type
Research Paper
Information
Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 49 , Issue 1 , March 1958 , pp. 45 - 47
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1958

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References

Colless, D. H. (1951). New methods for mounting mosquito larvae.—Indian J. Malar., 5, pp. 183–186.Google Scholar
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