Histology of the Larval Neodiprion abietis (Hymenoptera: Diprionidae) Digestive Tract
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2011-12-18
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Lucarotti, Christopher J.
Whittome-Waygood, Beatrixe H.
Levin, David B.
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The alimentary canal of Neodiprion abietis larvae is a straight tube divided into foregut, midgut, and hindgut. Posterior to the mouth, the foregut is further divided into the pharynx, esophagus (crop), and proventriculus, all of which are lined with cuticle. A pair of muscular, chitin-lined pouches branch off the anterior foregut and lie lateral to the alimentary canal. Gastric caeca are located at the anterior end of the midgut, where the peritrophic membrane is formed and was observed throughout the midgut. A single layer of midgut columnar epithelial cells abuts on the basal lamina at one end with microvilli extending into the gut lumen at the other. Nidi of regenerative cells were observed between columnar epithelial cells at the basal lamina. Malpighian tubules are attached to the posterior end of the midgut. The hindgut consists of the pylorus, a muscular ileum connecting to a bulbous rectum, which then opens to the anus.Erratum to “Histology of the Larval Neodiprion abietis (Hymenoptera: Diprionidae) Digestive Tract”
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Christopher J. Lucarotti, Beatrixe H. Whittome-Waygood, and David B. Levin, “Histology of the Larval Neodiprion abietis (Hymenoptera: Diprionidae) Digestive Tract,” Psyche, vol. 2011, Article ID 910286, 10 pages, 2011. doi:10.1155/2011/910286