The production and transfer of spermatophores in three Asian species of Luciola fireflies

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 861-866

  South, Adam ^a   Sota, Teiji ^b   Abe, Norio ^c   Yuma, Masahide ^d   Lewis, Sara M ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Firefly Breeding Institute   (Japan)

^d RYUKOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Firefly; Lampyridae; Male accessory glands; Nuptial gifts; Spermatheca; Spermatophore digestion

Indexed keywords

RHODAMINE; RHODAMINE B;

ANATOMY; FLY; MATING BEHAVIOR; NUPTIAL GIFT; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SPERMATOPHORE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FIREFLY; GENITAL SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; JAPAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOGONIUM;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FIREFLIES; GENITALIA; JAPAN; MALE; RHODAMINES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPERMATOGONIA;

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; LAMPYRIDAE; LUCIOLA; LUCIOLA CRUCIATA; LUCIOLA LATERALIS; PHOTINUS PYRALIS;

EID: 44449162040     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2008.03.008     Document Type: Article

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