Cytomorphology of the Ring Gland and its Relation with the Stomatogastric Nervous System in Adult Fly, <i>Chrysomyia megacephala</i> (Diptera: Calliphoridae)

Farnesoid secretions of dipteran ring glands: What we do know and what we can know

“…Larger nuclei exist in cells on the periphery of adult corpora allata of L. sericata and M. nebulo (Day, 1943;Bhaskaran, 1966-1967b). In Chrysomia megacephala (Calliphoridae) the adult corpora allatal cells may possess a greater abundance of aldehyde-fuchsin positive granules at the dorsal proximity of the gland or at the dorsal wall of the aorta or both (Naskar and Nanda, 1973).…”