The respiratory taenidia of Oribatid mites
1986 - Volume: 27 Issue: 1 pages: 85-94
Keywords
Morphology
adaptation
respiratory Taenidia
trichobothrial
regression
Abstract
A review on respiratory taenidia of Oribatid mites is made. Discovery of taenidia in sorne species of Otocepheidae, Limnozetidae and Ameronothridae; description of the taenidial system of Dolicheremaeus ajricanus (Wallwork). The function of this organ and its possible coexistence with trichobothrial regression are discussed.
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