Morphology of glands and ducts in the two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch, 1836
1973 - Volume: 15 Issue: 2 pages: 218-236
Keywords
Acari
Tetranychus urticae
silks glands
salivary glands
morphology
tracheal organs
Abstract
Tetranychus urticae has three pairs of silk glands, an unpaired salivary gland, and (in males, at least) a pair of glandular ’tracheal organs’ . The silk glands on each si de empty into a corn mon duct. This duct can be opened and closed to the outside air at both ends. The tracheal organs contain labyrinthine air-channels.
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