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- Title
Visualizing the Mesothoracic Spiracles in a Bark Beetle: Hypothenemus hampei (Coleoptera: Curculionidae).
- Authors
VEGA, FERNANDO E.; BAUCHAN, GARY; INFANTE, FRANCISCO; VALDÉZ-CARRASCO, ORGE M.; BEAVER, ROGER
- Abstract
In a low-temperature scanning electron microscopy study aimed at determining whether the coffee berry borer [Hypothenemus hampei (Ferrari) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)] possesses mycangia, we fortuitously detected the mesothoracic spiracles, which are usually concealed. The mesothoracic spiracles are ventrolaterally located in the intersegmental membranes between the prothorax and mesothorax, and contain a large number of setae. This is the first study that includes photographs of the mesothoracic spiracles in a bark beetle.
- Subjects
BARK beetles; SCANNING electron microscopy; COFFEE berry borer; SETAE; PROTHORAX
- Publication
Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 2015, Vol 108, Issue 3, p446
- ISSN
0013-8746
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/aesa/sav016