THE SPERMATHECA AND ASSOCIATED STRUCTURES OF LETHAEINI (HEMIPTERA: LYGAEIDAE: RHYPAROCHROMINAE)

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Zeitschriftentitel:	Australian Journal of Entomology
Personen und Körperschaften:	KHAN, P., WOODWARD, T. E.
In:	Australian Journal of Entomology, 18, 1979, 1, S. 39-44
Format:	E-Article
Sprache:	Englisch
veröffentlicht:	Wiley
Schlagwörter:	Insect Science Agronomy and Crop Science Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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Zusammenfassung:	<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The spermathecae of 25 species in 14 genera of Lethaeini are described and figured. A preliminary assessment is made of the value of the structure of the spermatheca as a taxonomic character, particularly at the generic level and as indicating relationships between genera. A convoluted mass of tubules, apparently a coiled gland, occurs near the entry of the spermathecal duct to the common oviduct in the two species of <jats:italic>Lethaeus</jats:italic> Dallas and the one species of <jats:italic>Austroxestus</jats:italic> Woodward studied. A dorsal sac opening into the genital chamber of the female is recorded in the species studied of <jats:italic>Lethaeus, Neolethaeus</jats:italic> Distant, <jats:italic>Aristaenetus</jats:italic> Distant, <jats:italic>Myocara</jats:italic> Bergroth, <jats:italic>Exomyocara</jats:italic> Slater and Woodward, <jats:italic>Paramyocara</jats:italic> Woodward and Malipatil, and an undescribed genus.</jats:p>
Umfang:	39-44
ISSN:	1326-6756 1440-6055
DOI:	10.1111/j.1440-6055.1979.tb00809.x