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Batelli Glands of Cercopoid Nymphs (Homoptera)

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Two major groups of theories have been proposed during the past 60 years or so to account for the formation of ‘spittle’ or foam by cercopoid nymphs. On one hand, the site of origin of the compound stabilizing the bubbles of the foam is attributed to the glands of Batelli1–6, and on the other to the Malpighian tubules7–10.

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MARSHALL, A. Batelli Glands of Cercopoid Nymphs (Homoptera). Nature 205, 925 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/205925b0

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