Ultrastructural and functional aspects of the spermatheca of the African Migratory Locust Locusta migratoria migratorioides (Reiche and Fairmaire) (Orthoptera: Acrididae)
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...…the spermatheca reservoir or as individualized in a glandular conÞguration, have been previously reported in insects (Lawson and Thomas 1970, Hartmann and Loher 1999, Lay et al. 1999, Schoeters and Billen 2000, Martins and Serrão 2002, Gobin et al. 2006, Dallai et al. 2008, Martins et al. 2008)....
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...3C, 4A, and 6D), described in a number of spermathecal glands in insect spermathecae to be related to the active transport of secretory substances toward the spermathecal lumen (Hartmann and Loher 1999, Lay et al. 1999, Fritz and Turner 2002)....
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...This is further supported by Lay et al. (1999) in which it is noted that “longitudinal and transverse muscles overlay” the entire complex....
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...…into the female’s spermathecal duct where it ruptured either further in or at the first narrow U-shaped bend, a structurally limiting situation similar to what we have observed in M. rotundipennis (Kyl, 1938; Gregory, 1965; Pickford and Gillott, 1971; Whitman and Loher, 1984; Lay et al., 1999)....
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...The spermatheca that open into the anterior tract of the common oviduct plays a significant role in many functions such as sperm storage, nourishment of the spermatozoa, fertilization and oviposition [8, 9, 17-20, 25, 28, 31]....
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...Spermathecae morphology has been studied in several orders; Blattodea [22], Orthoptera [23], Coleoptera [24–27], Heteroptera [28–31], Hymenoptera [32,33], and Diptera [34–39] including D. melanogaster [17–19,21]....
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...Spermathecae morphology has been studied in several orders; Blattodea [22], Orthoptera [23], Coleopter [24–27], Heter ptera [28–31], Hymenoptera [32,33], and Diptera [34–39] including D....
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...Spermathecae morphology has been studied in several orders; Blattodea [22], Orthoptera [23], Coleoptera [24–27], Heteroptera [28–31], Hymenoptera [32,33], and Diptera [34–39] including D....
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...Spermathecae morphology has been studied in several orders; Blattodea [22], Orthoptera [23], Coleopter [24–27], Heter ptera [28–31], Hymenoptera [32,33], and Diptera [34–39] including D. melanogaster [17–19,21]....
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