Fitting together: copulatory linking in some Neotropical Chrysomeloidea
Abstract
Copulatory linking of male and female genitalic structures in 11 Neotropical species of Chrysomelidae and one species of Megalopodidae was studied by freezing and then dissecting pairs of beetles in copula. In Megalopus armatus (Megalopodidae) the male has a long endophallus with complex membranous protuberances and a terminal flagellum that probably reaches the spermatheca. In the subfamily Eumolpinae the females have telescoping ovipositors...
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Title
Fitting together: copulatory linking in some Neotropical Chrysomeloidea
Published Date
Dec 11, 2013
Journal
Volume
54
Issue
3
Pages
829 - 829
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