A comparative study of the histology of the neurosecretory system of some orthopteran insects
Gupta, U.S.; De Roy, R.
Folia Morphologica 37(4): 382-387
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0015-5640 PMID: 2634597 Document Number: 335327
Variability of the total number of type A median neurosecretory cells in the protocerebrum was studied in Micapoda elongata Linn., Elima securigera Brunn., Holochlora indica Kirby, Neoconocephalus pallidus Rectl., Latana inflata Brunn., Gryllotalpha africana Chopard, Gryllus bimaculatus De Geer, Chrotogonus oxypterus Blanchard, Aeolopus affinis Bol., Spathosternum prasiniferum Walker, Hieroglyphus furcifer Ser., Acrida exaltata Walker, Altrastomorpha cranulata Fab., Pyrgomorpha bispinosa Walker, Cyrtacanthacris ranacea Stoll and Poecilocerus pictus Fab. In all these species the corporata allata are paired.