Morphological Studies on Male and Female Genitalia of Myrmecaelurus acerbus (Walker, 1853) (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae)

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  • Simarjit Kaur
     Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053
  • K. Rajmohana
     Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053
  • Manpreet Singh Pandher
     Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v119/i4/2019/145451

Keywords:

Genitalia, Morphology, Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), Sensilla.

Abstract

Morphological studies were conducted on male and female genitalia of Myrmecaelurus acerbus (Walker, 1853) using light microscopy as well as scanning electron microscopy. Detailed descriptions of the genitalia of both male and female have been given. Three main types of sensilla i.e. sensilla chaetica, sensilla trichoidea and sensilla coeloconica were observed for the first time and their possible role have been discussed.

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Simarjit Kaur, Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053

 

 

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2019-12-31

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Kaur, S., Rajmohana, K., & Pandher, M. S. (2019). Morphological Studies on Male and Female Genitalia of <i>Myrmecaelurus acerbus</i> (Walker, 1853) (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae). Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 119(4), 438–443. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v119/i4/2019/145451

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Volume 119, Issue 4, 2019

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