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THE HAEMOLYMPH PLASMA COMPOSITION OF ADULTS, PUPAE, AND LARVAE OF THE COLORADO POTATO BEETLE, LEPTINOTARSA DECEMLINEATA (SAY), AND DEVELOPMENT OF PHYSIOLOGICAL SALINE SOLUTIONS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Yvan Pelletier  and
Catherine L. Clark
Yvan Pelletier
Affiliation:
Agriculture Canada Research Station, PO Box 20280, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada E3B 427
Catherine L. Clark
Affiliation:
Agriculture Canada Research Station, PO Box 20280, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada E3B 427
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Abstract

Haemolymph from Colorado potato beetles at larval, pupal, and adult stages was analyzed for pH, osmolality, and concentrations of magnesium, calcium, potassium, sodium, chloride, phosphate, and citrate. Differences in the concentrations of some ions observed between stages were used to formulate physiological saline solutions for the adult and larval stages.

Résumé

Nous avons déterminé la concentration en magnésium, calcium, potassium, sodium, chlore, phosphate, citrate, le pH et l’osmolalité du sang provenant de doryphores de la pomme de terre au stade larvaire, nymphal et adult. Des solutions physiologiques ont été développées pour le stade larvaire et l’adulte en tenant compte des différences de concentration de certain éléments.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 124 , Issue 6 , December 1992 , pp. 945 - 949
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1992

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