Research Article

A SEM study of the aedeagus and spermatheca of Cassida viridis Linnaeus, 1758 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) from Turkey

Volume: 44 Number: 3 September 1, 2020
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A SEM study of the aedeagus and spermatheca of Cassida viridis Linnaeus, 1758 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) from Turkey

Abstract

It is accepted male genitalia are not diagnostic, but spermathecae are partly diagnostic within the genus Cassida Linnaeus, 1758 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). However, studies on genitalia have been based only on stereomicroscopic examination. The ultrastructure of genitalia has mostly not been studied. The aim of this study was to determine whether this ultrastructures could be diagnostic. Aedeagi and spermathecae of 63 specimens of Cassida viridis Linnaeus, 1758 were collected from Çankırı, Hatay, Kayseri, Osmaniye and Zonguldak Provinces in Turkey in 2003, 2007 and 2015, and examined for the first time. Thus, new diagnostic characters were obtained and it revealed that it was diagnostic to either species or subgenus. Photos of aedeagus and spermatheca taken with both SEM and stereomicroscope are given.

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Thanks

I thank Prof. Dr. Zekiye Suludere (Gazi University Faculty of Science, Developmental Biology Department) for her tremendous support in the process of photographing the study material with a scanning electron microscope. I also thank Prof. Dr. Hüseyin Özdikmen (Gazi University Faculty of Science, Zoology Department) for his guidance during my studies on matters taxonomic and academic.

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English

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Research Article

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Publication Date

September 1, 2020

Submission Date

August 28, 2019

Acceptance Date

May 23, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 2020 Volume: 44 Number: 3

APA
Bal, N. (2020). A SEM study of the aedeagus and spermatheca of Cassida viridis Linnaeus, 1758 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) from Turkey. Turkish Journal of Entomology, 44(3), 355-364. https://doi.org/10.16970/entoted.612447

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