Shapes, properties and microstructures of gadfly / 中国中药杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To search and identify the microstructure of medicinal properties of six kinds of gadfly.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>The medicinal properties, different body parts and bristles microscopic characteristics were compared.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>The two-spotted yellow gadfly had a smaller size. Its length no more than 14 mm, body wall debris was yellow brown or pale yellow, the seta was smaller than that of the other gadflies; while the other five varieties' body lengths all exceeded 15 mm, and their body wall debris mostly were brown black or gray and black.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The authentication between the two-spotted yellow gadfly and the other five varieties can be made by the microscopic characteristics of their medicinal properties, body wall debris colors, bristle lengths, and basal diameters.</p>