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CHANGES IN THE PHALLIC COMPLEX OF ADULT ATRACTOMORPHA SINENSIS SINENSIS (ORTHOPTERA: PYRGOMORPHIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

D. Keith McE. Kevan  and
Sai-Keung Lee
D. Keith McE. Kevan
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Macdonald Campus of McGill University, Ste-Anne de Bellevue, Quebec
Sai-Keung Lee
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Macdonald Campus of McGill University, Ste-Anne de Bellevue, Quebec
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Abstract

Sequent sampling of adult males of Atractomorpha sinensis sinensis Bolívar from a laboratory culture has shown that the phallic structures become progressively sclerotized with age, resulting in changes in form, mass, and rigidity which continue throughout adult life. This confirms what had been deduced from previous taxonomic studies. It not only has important implications for taxonomy, but may be a factor affecting reproductive activity of the insects.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 106 , Issue 6 , June 1974 , pp. 645 - 650
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1974

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