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Morphology of the eggs of the genus Belminus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) by optical and scanning electron microscopy

  • 1. Laboratorio de Parasitología Experimental (LAPEX). Facultad de Ciencias. Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida, República Bolivariana de Venezuela. E-mail: magaly6@yahoo.com, nevelsa@ula.ve
  • 2. Centro de Investigaciones en Enfermedades Tropicales CINTROP-UIS, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Piedecuesta, Santander, Colombia. E-mail: cintrop@hotmail.com
  • 3. Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas/UNESP/Araraquara, Sao Paulo, Brazil. E-mail: rosaja@fcfar.unesp.br
  • 4. Laboratorio de Entomología "Herman Lent". Facultad de Ciencias. Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida, República Bolivariana de Venezuela. E-mail: aldana@ula.ve.

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Sandoval, Claudia M., Nieves, Elsa, Angulo, Víctor M., Rosa, João Aristeu Da, Aldana, Elis (2011): Morphology of the eggs of the genus Belminus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) by optical and scanning electron microscopy. Zootaxa 2970 (1): 33-40, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2970.1.2, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2970.1.2

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