Histomorphological Structure of Male Reproductive System in Capnodis tenebrionis (Linnaeus, 1761) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)

Year 2020, Volume: 4 Issue: 2, 140 - 145, 31.12.2020

Üzeyir Çağlar , Nurcan Özyurt Koçakoğlu , Selami Candan

https://doi.org/10.31594/commagene.797933

Cited By: 4

Abstract

In this study, anatomy and histology of the male reproductive system in adults of Capnodis tenebrionis, which are called the Mediterranean flat-headed root-borer, are described and illustrated by using light and scanning electron microscopies. Data from the male gonad of this species provide more extended and precise knowledge regarding to histoanatomical structure of the testis in Buprestidae. In this study, male reproductive system of C. tenebrionis consisted of two testes, two vas deferens and two accessory glands which are long tube-like, a pair of spermatophoral glands, an ejaculatory duct, and an aedeagus. Each testis was subdivided into a lot of tubular testicular follicles. Vas deferens was a tubular structure and located just below the testis. Its wall was surrounded by a monolayer cylindrical epithelium and a thin muscle layer. In its lumen, it was observed that mature sperm stacks were stored. Vas deferentia were immediately opened ejaculatory duct. It was surrounded by a single layered epithelium and a very thick muscle layer. Long, tubular, convoluted a pair of accessory glands were seen which were connected to the ejaculatory duct. In the accessory glands, it was seen that the wall was surrounded by monolayer cubic epithelium and sheath. In addition, it was seen that oval, sheet-shaped, paired spermatophoral glands were opened into the ejaculator canal. Its histological examinations revealed that the wall was surrounded by multilayered epithelial cells and muscle layer. The ejaculatory canal was connected to the aedeagus with very dense striated muscle bundles. The aim of the present study is to contribute information on the histomorphology of the male reproductive system of the insects.

Keywords

Spermatogenesis, Spermatozoa, Testes, Accessory glands, electron microscope

Thanks

Acknowledgements For the proof-reading of this paper, the authors are grateful to Gazi University Academic Writing Center.

Capnodis tenebrionis (Linnaeus, 1761) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)’te Erkek Üreme Sisteminin Histomorfolojik Yapısı

Abstract

Bu çalışmada, Akdeniz düz başlı kök kurdu ergin Capnodis tenebrionis'in erkek üreme sisteminin morfolojisi ve histolojisi, ışık ve taramalı elektron mikroskopları kullanılarak tanımlanmış ve gösterilmiştir. Bu türün erkek gonadından elde edilen veriler, Buprestidae'deki testisin histomorfolojik yapısına ilişkin daha kapsamlı ve kesin bilgi sağlamaktadır. Bu çalışmada, C. tenebrionis'in erkek üreme sistemi, bir çift testis, bir çift vas deferens, uzun tüp benzeri bir çift yardımcı bez, bir çift spermatoforal bez, bir ejakülatuar kanal ve aedeagustan oluşmaktadır. Her testis, çok sayıda tübüler testis foliküllerine bölünmüştür. Vas deferens tübüler bir yapıdadır ve testisin hemen altında bulunmaktadır. Vas deferensin duvarı tek katmanlı silindirik epitel ve ince bir kas tabakası ile çevrelenmiştir. Lümeninde olgun sperm yığınlarının depolandığı görülmüştür. Vas deferens, devamında ejakülatör kanala açılmaktadır. Ejakülatör kanal tek tabakalı epitel ve çok kalın bir kas tabakası ile çevrelenmiştir. Ejakülatör kanalla birleşen uzun, tübüler, kıvrımlı bir çift yardımcı bez görülmüştür. Yardımcı bezlerin tek tabakalı kübik epitel ve kılıfla çevrili olduğu görülmüştür. Ayrıca oval, yaprak şeklinde, bir çift spermatoforal bez ejakülatör kanala açıldığı görülmüştür. Histolojik incelemeler, spermatoforal bezin çok tabakalı epitel hücreleri ve kas tabakası ile çevrili olduğunu ortaya çıkarmıştır. Ejakülatör kanal oldukça yoğun çizgili kas demetlerine sahip aedeagus ile birleşmiştir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, böceklerin erkek üreme sisteminin histomorfolojisi ile ilgili katkı sağlamaktır.

Keywords

Spermatogenez, Spermatozoa, Testis, yardımcı bezler, elektron mikroskobu

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