Midgut of the non-hematophagous mosquito Toxorhynchites theobaldi (Diptera, Culicidae)
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Midgut of the non-hematophagous mosquito Toxorhynchites theobaldi (Diptera, Culicidae)
In most mosquito species, the females require a blood-feeding for complete egg development. However, in Toxorhynchites mosquitoes, the eggs develop without blood-feeding, and both females and males exclusively feed on sugary diets. The midgut is a well-understood organ in blood-feeding mosquitoes, but little is known about it in non-blood-feeding ones. In the present study, the detailed morphol...
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عنوان ژورنال: Scientific Reports
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/srep15836