Insemination through an externally attached spermatophore: Bundled sperm and postcopulatory mate guarding by male fishflies (Megaloptera: Corydalidae)

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 859-866

  Hayashi, Fumio ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Megaloptera; Post copulatory mate guarding; Sperm bundle; Spermatheca; Spermatophore

Indexed keywords

CHAULIODINAE; CORYDALIDAE; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); MEGALOPTERA; NEOCHAULIODES; NEOCHAULIODES SINENSIS; PARACHAULIODES; PARACHAULIODES CONTINENTALIS; PARACHAULIODES JAPONICUS; TERMINALIA;

FISHFLY; MATE GUARDING; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOUR; SPERM TRANSFER; SPERMATOPHORE;

EID: 0030222619     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-1910(96)00037-6     Document Type: Article

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