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Replacement of the Tentorium of Periplaneta americana Linnaeus During Ecdysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Janet Sharplin
Janet Sharplin
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, University of Alberta, Edmonton
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Abstract

The new cuticle is secreted around the old tentorium which breaks into four pieces. These pieces are withdrawn through the tentorial pits at the moult.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 97 , Issue 9 , September 1965 , pp. 947 - 951
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1965

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