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A SEM study on aedeagus and spermatheca of Cassida nebulosa Linnaeus, 1758 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) from Turkey
Abstract :It is
accepted male genitalia are not diagnostic, spermathecae are partly diagnostic
within the genus Cassida Linnaeus,
1758 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). However, studies on genitalia
have been based on only stereo microscope up to now. Ultrastructures of
genitalia have never been studied except for a few works. The aim of this study
is to determine whether the ultrastructural works are efficient. Spermathecae
of totally 5 specimens of Cassida nebulosa
Linnaeus, 1758 for the present work were collected from Konya province in
Turkey in 1993 and 2006, which have been examined for the first time. Thus new
diagnostic characters were obtained and it revealed that it was diagnostic from
species in other subgenus. Photos of aedeagus and spermatheca in SEM as weel as in stereo microscope are
also given in the text
Cassida
nebulosa,
SEM, ultrastructure, aedeagus, spermatheca, Turkey