Journal of Entomological Research
SCOPUSWeb of Science
  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 43
  • Issue: 3

Hemocytes of Periplaneta americana (Blattodea: Blattidae)

1Assam Women's University, Rowriah, Jorhat-786 004, Assam, India

Department of Entomology, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat-785 013, Assam, India

*Corresponding author's E-mail: abhilisamudoi40@gmail.com

Online published on 12 November, 2019.

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to identify the hemocytes types of American cockroach, Periplaneta americana in Assam. Four major types of hemocytes found were Prohemocytes, Plasmatocytes, Granulocytes and Spherulocytes. The size of hamocyte cell types were carried out using Optical adapter (Narshi). Of these hemocytes, the largest size (29.60 ± 0.49 × 9.32 ± 0.30 μm) was recorded in Plasmatocytes.

Keywords

Granulocytes, hemocytes, Periplaneta americana, plasmatocytes, spherulocytes, proemocytes