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Note on the Movements of the Mandibular and Maxillary Stylets of the Aphid, Myzus persicae (Sulzer)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

R. H. E. Bradley ,
E. S. Sylvester  and
C. V. Wade
R. H. E. Bradley
Affiliation:
Entomology and Plant Pathology Section, Research Station, Research Branch Canada Department of Agriculture, Fredericton, N.B.
E. S. Sylvester
Affiliation:
Entomology and Plant Pathology Section, Research Station, Research Branch Canada Department of Agriculture, Fredericton, N.B.
C. V. Wade
Affiliation:
Entomology and Plant Pathology Section, Research Station, Research Branch Canada Department of Agriculture, Fredericton, N.B.
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Lately there has been a concerted effort to elucidate the structure and function of the stylet bundle of suctorial insects. Aphids have received special attention because of their importance as vectors of plant viruses. Several workers have described their observations of stylets penetrating translucent tissues or membranes; for example, Bradley (1952), Mittler (1954), and van Hoof (1958).

The movements most easily seen are rapid alternate oscillations at the stylet tips and a back and forth swinging of the entire stylet bundle as it enters a cell or other liquid medium.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 94 , Issue 6 , June 1962 , pp. 653 - 654
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1962

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