posted on 2024-10-29, 17:30authored byHiroyuki Morimura, Kota Ishigami, Shusei Kanie, Yuya Sato, Yoshitomo Kikuchi
(A) Female adult of R. pedestris. (B) Photograph of the whole midgut of R. pedestris. Abbreviations: M1, midgut first region; M2, midgut second region; M3, midgut third region; CR, constricted region; M4B, anterior bulb of midgut region; M4, midgut fourth region with crypts; H, hindgut. (C) Enlarged picture of the M4. (D) Developing trachea within the M4. The thin black tubes are trachea, observed here developing in the crypt. The asterisk represents the main duct passing through the middle of the M4.