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A SEM study on aedeagus and spermatheca of Cassida seraphina Ménétries, 1836 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) from Turkey
Abstract :The
paper presents ultrastructures observed by SEM of aedeagus and spermatheca of Cassida seraphina M�n�tries, 1836 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) from
Turkey for the first time. Male genitalia are not diagnostic, spermathecae are
partly diagnostic within the genus Cassida Linnaeus, 1758. Accordingly, ultrastructural investigations of
aedeagus and spermatheca are very important to obtain
new diagnostic characters in the
genus Cassida. Photos of aedeagus and spermatheca in SEM as weel as photos of aedeagus
and spermatheca in stereo microscope
are also given in the text.
Cassida
seraphina,
SEM, ultrastructures, aedeagus, spermatheca, Turkey