Scanning electron microscopy of the dorsal vessel of Panstrongylus megistus (Burmeister, 1835) (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)
In this study we analyzed the microanatomy of the dorsal vessel of the triatomine Panstrongylus megistus.The organ is a tuble anatomically divided into an anterior aorta anad a posterior heart, connected to the body wall through 8 pairs of alary muscles.The heart is divided in 3 chambers by means of 2 pairs of cardiac valves.a pair of maglione loro