The cuticle of the house cricket, Acheta domesticus (L.).

• Main Author: Philogène, B. J. R., 1940-
• Other Authors: McFarlane, J. (Supervisor)
• Format: Others
• Language: en
• Published: McGill University 1966
• Subjects: Crickets
• Online Access: http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=47603

The literature on insect cuticle is considerable. Wigglesworth (1956) wrote: "The key to much of the physiology of insects is to be found in the nature of their cuticle." We should not be surprised, therefore, that so much information has been gathered on the subject. But this information is manifold. It concerns the morphology, chemistry, formation, permeability and physiology of the insect integument. No elaborate technique, apart from the use of the microscope, was necessary for the study of the external surface of the cuticle. But accumulatuion of information about the way the cuticle was formed and its constituents had to wait for the advent of more elaborate tools. [...]