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SPERMATOPHORE FORMATION AND SPERM TRANSFER IN THE DESERT LOCUST, SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA (ORTHOPTERA: ACRIDIDAE)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

R. Pickford  and
D. E. Padgham
R. Pickford
Affiliation:
Research Station, Canada Department of Agriculture, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
D. E. Padgham
Affiliation:
Centre for Overseas Pest Research, London, England
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Abstract

Sperm transfer in the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria (Forsk.), is accomplished by means of small (1.5 mm) spermatophores, formation of the first of which begins almost immediately after coupling. A normal copulation, which lasts 4 hours or longer, results in the production of about 6 spermatophores and a maximum of at least 14. Some details of the process of spermatophore formation are presented and differences among certain groups of acridoids are discussed.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 105 , Issue 4 , April 1973 , pp. 613 - 618
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1973

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