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THE GROSS STRUCTURE AND HISTOLOGY OF THE ADULT AND LARVAL GUT OF PENTALOBUS BARBATUS (COLEOPTERA: PASSALIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

W. V. Baker
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Toronto

Abstract

An account is given of the gross structure and histology of the adult and larval gut of Pentalobus barbatus, with a discussion of the possible function of the gut in relation to its structure.

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Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1968

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