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10.25100/socolen.v39i2.8248
Submitted: 05-07-2019
Published: 15-07-2013

Morphology and histology of the digestive system of raspberry weevil Aegorhinus superciliosus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Keywords: Internal morphology, Blueberry pest, Chile

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Medel V, Molina B, Seguel J, Rebolledo R, Quiroz A. Morphology and histology of the digestive system of raspberry weevil Aegorhinus superciliosus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Rev. Colomb. Entomol. [Internet]. 2013 Jul. 15 [cited 2026 Oct. 25];39(2):260-6. Available from: https://revistacolombianaentomologia.univalle.edu.co/index.php/SOCOLEN/article/view/8248
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A morphological and histological study was performed on the digestive system of Aegorhinus superciliosus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), an important economic pest in southern Chile. This species has a typical digestive system for most insects, being similar in males and females, but longer in the latter, being twice the length of the insect. The digestive system is a long tube of variable diameter, divided into three regions: foregut, midgut and hindgut. From the histological point of view, it presents epithelium tissue features similar to the one described for other species, and externally it has a muscle tissue with no differences between males and females. Nevertheless, it shows features which differ either in other weevils or in beetles such as: absence of crop, the location and number of gastric caeca, presence of peritrophic membrane, and absence of a rectal pad.

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Medel V, Molina B, Seguel J, Rebolledo R, Quiroz A. Morphology and histology of the digestive system of raspberry weevil Aegorhinus superciliosus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Rev. Colomb. Entomol. [Internet]. 2013 Jul. 15 [cited 2026 Oct. 25];39(2):260-6. Available from: https://revistacolombianaentomologia.univalle.edu.co/index.php/SOCOLEN/article/view/8248
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