The male genital tract and aedeagal components of the Diptera with a discussion of their phylogenetic significance

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 711-742

  Sinclair, Bradley J ^a   Borkent, Art ^b   Wood, D Monty ^c  

^a ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

^b CEF ^*  (Canada)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Male accessory gland; Mecoptera; Nematocera; Phylogeny; Seminal vesicle; Siphonaptera; Spermatophore; Strepsiptera

Indexed keywords

ANISOPODIDAE; BIBIONOMORPHA; BLEPHARICERIDAE; BOREIDAE; BRACHYCERA; CHIRONOMOIDEA; CORETHRELLIDAE; CULICIDAE; CULICOMORPHA; DIPTERA; DIXIDAE; HESPERINIDAE; MECOPTERA; NANNOCHORISTIDAE; NEMATOCERA; PACHYNEURIDAE; PSYCHODIDAE; PTYCHOPTEROMORPHA; STREPSIPTERA; THAUMALEIDAE; TRICHOCERIDAE;

EID: 34547697895     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00314.x     Document Type: Article

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