Functional morphology of the female reproductive apparatus of Stephanitis pyrioides (Heteroptera, Tingidae): A novel role for the pseudospermathecae

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 271, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 473-482

  Marchini, Daniela ^a   del Bene, Giovanna ^b   Dallai, Romano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Azalea lace bug; Female accessory glands; Insect reproduction; Sperm transfer; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HETEROPTERA; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); OOCYTE; OVARY; OVIDUCT; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOZOON; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HETEROPTERA; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOVEMENT; OVARY; OVIDUCTS; OVUM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERMATOZOA;

CIMICOMORPHA; HETEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; STEPHANITIS PYRIOIDES; TINGIDAE;

EID: 77949311346     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10811     Document Type: Article

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