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THE STYLETS OF THE SIX-SPOTTED LEAFHOPPER, MACROSTELES FASCIFRONS (HOMOPTERA: CICADELLIDAE)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

A. R. Forbes  and
J. Raine
A. R. Forbes
Affiliation:
Research Station, Canada Department of Agriculture, Vancouver, British Columbia
J. Raine
Affiliation:
Research Station, Canada Department of Agriculture, Vancouver, British Columbia
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Abstract

The morphology of the stylets of the six-spotted leafhopper, Macrosteles fascifrons (Stål), is described from light and transmission electron microscopy. The maxillary stylets are about 1/5 longer than the mandibular stylets. Both pairs of stylets contain central ducts running from their bases to their tips. The duct in the mandibular stylet is unbranched but that in the maxillary stylet bifurcates midway toward the tip. The mandibular duct contains 3 dendrites; the maxillary duct contains 5 dendrites. The fine structure of the dendrites is described.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 105 , Issue 4 , April 1973 , pp. 559 - 567
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1973

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