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THE STYLETS OF THE BALSAM WOOLLY APHID, ADELGES PICEAE (HOMOPTERA: ADELGIDAE)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

A. R. Forbes
Affiliation:
Research Station, Canada Department of Agriculture, Vancouver, British Columbia
D. B. Mullick
Affiliation:
Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia

Abstract

The morphology and fine structure of the stylets, labial clamp, and crumena of the balsam woolly aphid, Adelges piceae (Ratz.), are described from sections studied in the electron microscope.

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Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1970

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