Figure 2 in Fungal spore-feeding by adult and larval Mecynothrips hardyi (Priesner) (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae: Idolothripinae)

Figure 2. (A) Spores of Dothiorella thripsita within the fruiting body (pycnidia) on incubated dead petioles of brigalow; (B) sclerotized proventriculus (arrowed) seen through thorax of slide mounted Mecynothrips hardyi; (C) scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of dissected proventriculus with surrounding rings of muscular tissue; (D) SEM image of the thick cell walled D. thripsita spore; (E) SEM image of the internal surface of the sclerotized proventriculus showing interlocking plates covered with serrated ridges.