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1 May 2007 Salivary Glands of Second and Third Instars of Dermatobia hominis (Diptera: Oestridae)
L. G. Evangelista, A. C R. Leite
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Salivary glands of Dermatobia hominis (L., Jr.) (Diptera: Oestridae) larvae were studied under light and electron microscopy. The salivary glands of second (L2) and third instars (L3) are similar and consist of pairs of translucent tubules. The individual efferent ducts unite to form a single deferent duct, which inserts dorsally into the cephalopharingeal skeleton. Each gland has a monolayer of epithelial cells surrounded by basement membrane and connective tissue. The cellular plasma membrane is enfolded at its base, forming a labyrinthine area. The cell surface is linked to the basement membrane (BM) by hemidesmosomes and to adjacent cells by septet junctions and desmosomes. Irregular channels with several vesicles occur between the cytoplasm and BM. Golgi complex, rough and smooth endoplasmic reticulum, ribosome, lysosomes, multivesicular bodies, and myelin figures are usually present in the cells. The nucleus is large, with diffuse chromatin. The connective tissue circling the BM contains collagen fibrils, muscle fibers and tracheal tubes. Lined cuticle encloses the efferent and deferent ductal cells, which have few, widely dispersed mitochondria, free ribosomes, microtubules, and a large nucleus with diffuse chromatin.

L. G. Evangelista and A. C R. Leite "Salivary Glands of Second and Third Instars of Dermatobia hominis (Diptera: Oestridae)," Journal of Medical Entomology 44(3), 398-404, (1 May 2007). https://doi.org/10.1603/0022-2585(2007)44[398:SGOSAT]2.0.CO;2
Received: 29 March 2006; Accepted: 17 November 2006; Published: 1 May 2007
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KEYWORDS
Dermatobia hominis
Diptera
larvae
salivary gland
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