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A Note on the Circulus as an Adhesive Organ in Some Pseudococcidae

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

D. C. Lloyd  and
Eula Martini
D. C. Lloyd
Affiliation:
Commonwealth Institute of Biological Control
Eula Martini
Affiliation:
Commonwealth Institute of Biological Control
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Adhesive or climbing organs in the form of empodia or pulvilli between the tarsal claws are common structures in Hymenoptera, Diptera, Hemiptera and other orders (Weber 1933). A more unusual type consisting of a small oval sac on the distal end of the tibia of the prothoracic and metathoracic legs of the reduviid Rhodnius prolixus Stål. has been described by Gillett and Wigglesworth (1932).

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 89 , Issue 1 , January 1957 , pp. 46 - 48
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1957

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