Comparative morphology of spermatozoa and reproductive systems of zorapteran species from different world regions (Insecta, Zoraptera)

Arthropod Structure and Development

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 371-383

  Dallai, Romano ^a   Gottardo, Marco ^a   Mercati, David ^a   Machida, Ryuichiro ^b   Mashimo, Yuta ^b   Matsumura, Yoko ^c   Rafael, José Albertino ^d   Beutel, Rolf Georg ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Insect anatomy; Insect ultrastructure; Polyneoptera; Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AXONEME; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; SPERMATHECA; SPERMATOZOON; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ZORAPTERA; ZOROTYPUS CAUDELLI; ZOROTYPUS GUINEENSIS; ZOROTYPUS HUBBARDI; ZOROTYPUS HUXLEYI; ZOROTYPUS IMPOLITUS; ZOROTYPUS MAGNICAUDELLI; ZOROTYPUS WEIDNERI; AFRICA; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; INSECT; MALAYSIA; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; ZORAPTERA; ZOROTYPUS; ZOROTYPUS HUBBARDI;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; INSECTS; MALAYSIA; MALE; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84904042953     PISSN: 14678039     EISSN: 18735495     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2014.03.001     Document Type: Article

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