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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  and
D. B. Mullick
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
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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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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 102 , Issue 9 , September 1970 , pp. 1074 - 1082
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1970

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