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- Creator:
- George, Nelda Lee.
- Description:
- Two hemipterans, Oncopeltus fasciatus Dallas (Lygaeidae) and
Leptocoris trivittatus Say (Corizidae) (Feir, 1974; Woolley, 1949), have
been used extensively in research and teaching due to availability and/or
ease of rearing. The common squash bug, Anasa tristis De Geer, should
be added to the list since it is easily reared in the laboratory, is
larger in size than either of the above, and the internal organs are
brightly and differently colored permitting color coding. Additional
advantages are the plant and fruit feeding habit of this species as
opposed to the strictly seed feeding O. fasciatus, and the fact that it
belongs to another family (Coreidae). The first steps in establishing
the squash bug as a laboratory animal are the development of rearing
methods, the collation of current knowledge, and the preparation of an
available anatomical study. This paper describes the gross anatomy of
the majority of the internal non-skeletal organ systems of the squash
bug A. tristis De G.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fresno
- Department:
- Biology