[The proventriculus of the Xenopsylla cheopis flea studied by scanning electron microscopy].
Parazitologiia, 1979/1-1979/2;13(1):26-8.
Konnov NP, Anisimov PI, Kondrashkina KI, Sinichkina AA, Luk'ianova AD, Demchenko TA
PMID: 95815
Abstract
The proventriculus of the flea X. cheopis was studied by means of scanning electron microscopy. The external surface of the proventriculus is a rigid structure with an alveolate surface ("wasp nest") formed by muscular cords. The internal surface of the proventriculus is represented by numerous acanthae which fall close together. They have a shape of bent dens with longitudinal sharply angular edges and concave spaces between them. Some edges are crenate.
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