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From: Comparative venomics of Psyttalia lounsburyi and P. concolor, two olive fruit fly parasitoids: a hypothetical role for a GH1 β-glucosidase

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Microscopy observation of the venom apparatus of Psyttalia species.

Light microscopy: (a) P. lounsburyi female venom apparatus composed of a multi-lobed gland (G), a reservoir (R) and a long ovipositor (O); (b) Dissected P. lounsburyi venom gland showing the thick tissue envelope of the gland and the basal lateral branching of the reservoir; (c) P. concolor venom apparatus evidencing the small round gland at the base of the apparatus (Rg); (d) the same, overlaid with a fluorescence micrograph showing the green auto-fluorescence of the internal spirals of the reservoir and the small round gland. Bars = 100 μm.

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