Malpighian Tubules in Larvae of Diatraea saccharalis (Lepidoptera; Crambidae): A Morphological Comparison between Non-Parasitized and Parasitized by Cotesia flavipes (Hymenoptera; Braconidae)
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50859#.VE79tVfHRK0 Author(s) Gislei Maria Rigoni 1 , Helio Conte 2 Affiliation(s) 1 Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual do Centro Oeste (UNICENTRO), Guarapuava, Brazil . 2 Departamento de Biotecnologia, Genética e Biologia Celular, Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM), Maringá, Brazil . ABSTRACT In Diatraea saccharalis larvae, the Malpighian tubules are found along the digestive tube, extending from the middle mesenteric region to the end of the posterior intestine, where they come in contact with the rectum to form the cryptonephridium. Scanning and transmission electron microscopy of non-parasitized...