Ultrastructure of spermathecal epithelium of ctenolepisma longicaudata (insecta : thysanura)
TL;DR: The epithelial cells and their ultrastructural features of the Spermatheca of Ctenolepisma longicaudata have been described and make the latter exceedingly complicated for sperm storage, conduction and viability.
Abstract: Summary The epithelial cells and their ultrastructural features of the Spermatheca of Ctenolepisma longicaudata have been described. In addition to the epithelial cells, both muscle and cuticular cells are also present in this organ. A variety of secretory vesicles and granules having lysosomal enzymes or mucoproteins is elaborated by the epithelial cells which are subsequently conducted to the apical cytoplasm for discharge in the lumen. Microtubules are involved in the direction of flow of secretory products. Besides, the cuticular and muscle cells of his organ of C. longicaudata make the latter exceedingly complicated for sperm storage, conduction and viability.
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TL;DR: This review examines several aspects of and gaps in the current understanding of spermatheca biology, including morphology, function, reservoir filling, development, and biochemistry.
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TL;DR: The morphological appearance of the spermatheca in representative species of these three subfamilies of social wasps is examined, finding no differences between reproductive and non-reproductive wasps.
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...In this study, we examined the morphological appearance of the spermatheca in representative species of these three subfamilies....
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...…after mating store sperm in the spermatheca, which is located at the dorsal side of the common oviduct and which is known to contribute to the maintenance of sperm until it is released at the time of egg fertilization (Dallai et al., 1993; Palit and Pal, 1999; Costa-Leonardo and Patricio, 2005)....
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TL;DR: The spermathecae of four species of Eurydema were compared using both light and scanning electron microscope (SEM) images to find out which ones have strongly sclerotized and median sperMathecal dilations a resemble balloons and sclerotinized rods.
Abstract: The spermathecae of four species of Eurydema (E. fieberi Schummel 1837, E. oleraceum (Linnaeus 1758), E. ornatum (Linnaeus, 1758), and E. spectabilis Horvath, 1882) were compared using both light and scanning electron microscope (SEM) images. All the spermathecae which are examined species are contains spermathecal bulb (reservoir), a pumping region, distal and proximal flanges, proximal and distal spermathecal ducts, dilation of spermathecal duct and a genital chamber with two ring sclerites. Spermathecal bulb shape is changed from oval or oblong (E. fieberi) semi –oblong (E. oleraceum, E. ornatum) ,and semi-spherical (E. spectabilis). Distal and proximal flanges of four species of Eurydema have strongly sclerotized and median spermathecal dilations a resemble balloons and sclerotized rods are present. Generally, in all species proximal spermathecal duct is long with muscular surface.
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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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TL;DR: In this article , the morphological structures of female reproductive system of Carpocoris mediterraneus, which has not been studied before, was investigated under light and electron microscopy.
Abstract: Carpocoris mediterraneus is a polyphagous vegetarian. Adult females of C. mediterraneus were collected in Aksu, Antalya, in June 2018. In this study, the morphological structures of female reproductive system of C. mediterraneus, which has not been studied before, was investigated under light and electron microscopies. The female reproductive system of C. mediterraneus was composed of a pair of ovaries, lateral oviducts, a common oviduct, accessory gland and spermatheca. Each ovary consisted of six telotrophic meroistic type ovarioles. Each ovariole consisted a terminal filament, germarium, vitellarium, and pedicel. In the germarium region, there was a trophic core, trophocytes, young oocytes and prefollicular cells. Vitellarium contained three oocytes at various stages of maturity (previtelogenesis, vitellogenesis, choriogenesis). The ovarioles were connected via pedicels to a pair of short lateral oviducts and subsequently to a common oviduct. The spermatheca of C. mediterraneus consisted a spermathecal bulb, a pumping region, the distal duct, dilation region, proximal duct and genital chamber. The spermathecal bulb was oval in shape and strongly chitinized. Its lumen typically contains a large number of spermatozoa.
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TL;DR: This chapter explains how the secretory apparatus of accessory sex gland cells is modified to produce their characteristic secretions.
Abstract: Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the morphology and cytology of the accessory sex glands in invertebrates. Gland cells secreting chemically different molecules have been grouped either vertically, each type of gland spatially sufficiently separated from the others and specialized to produce a specific secretion or horizontally, with different secretions being produced by different cells in the same glandular epithelium or by the same cells with or without temporal succession. The complexity of the secretory behavior is well illustrated by L. nuttalli in which the first pair of accessory sex glands of the male produces six different secretions, all of which are used in spermatophore formation. The chapter explains how the secretory apparatus of accessory sex gland cells is modified to produce their characteristic secretions. Gland cells that look alike morphologically may produce different secretions, for example, the ejaculatory duct epithelial cells of Musca secrete at least 12 proteins. A degree of plasticity in the activity of the secretory apparatus may be expected only in these multipotent cells. Accessory sex gland function being indispensable for successful reproduction in nearly all advanced animal groups, it is indeed surprising that correlative studies on the structure, biochemistry, and physiology of the accessory glandular elements are comparatively few.
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TL;DR: Differences were found in the tracheation of the eye, the disposition of vestigial stylal tracheae, and the absence in L. saccharinum of the ventral tracheal commissure of the eighth abdominal segment.
Abstract: The several organ systems of these two species are described, compared, and illustrated. Differences were found in the tracheation of the eye, the disposition of vestigial stylal tracheae, and the absence in L. saccharinum of the ventral tracheal commissure of the eighth abdominal segment. The digestive system follows a generalized plan, similar to that of Orthoptera. In C. campbelli , but not in L. saccharinum , the first five abdominal ganglia have migrated one segment forward, but each continues to innervate the segment from which it came, whether a tracheal connection with that segment is preserved or not; the different behavior of tracheae and nerves in relation to such migrated ganglia seems a result of the sequence of their formation in the embryo. In both species the dorsal vessel is pulsatile for its whole length, but little or no peristalsis was observed; instead, systoles occur alternately in an anterior and a posterior chamber which are separated by a thoracic valve. Ten pairs of ostia were observed with difficulty through the transparent integument of living C. campbelli; probably those of L. saccharinum are similar. Pericardial cells were less numerous in the former than in the latter species. Each ovary consists of five ovarioles, connected to a common duct near the base of the ovipositor; the spermatheca lies beneath the eighth abdominal ganglion and communicates with the oviduct, ovipositor, and genital pore above the eighth sternite. Males have three pairs of testes on each side of the body, each pair discharging through a common vas efferens into a vas deferens which leads to one of the two seminal vesicles; and from this a long tube, with accessory glands apparently built into it, runs to the base of the acdeagus. Apical cells, not previously known in Thysanura, were found present in the testes. Histological sections of the aedeagus and its base provide, for the first time, evidence for a paired origin of this organ in Apterygota.
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TL;DR: The spermathecae of 4 species of Microcoryphia present characteristics related to the primitive phylogenetic position of these apterygote insects, including paired organs situated in the 8th abdominal segment on each side of the rudimentary genital chamber.
Abstract: The spermathecae of 4 species of Microcoryphia (Lepismachilis targionii, Trigoniophthalmus alternatus, Machilis sp. and Machilinus rupestris) present characteristics related to the primitive phylogenetic position of these apterygote insects. They are paired organs situated in the 8th abdominal segment on each side of the rudimentary genital chamber. Each spermatheca includes 2 different tissues: (a) a simple epithelium surrounding 2 spermathecal capsules and communicating with the genital chamber by short ducts; (b) a complex glandular tissue composed of numerous functional units, each made up of several cell types — a large glandular cell with a subapical reservoir, 2 basal cells, a ductule cell and enveloping cells. One of the basal cells, called the ciliary cell, presents a dendrite-like process containing 2 apical centrioles in alignment. Several ductules of neighbouring units join together before opening in the genital chamber, independently of the ducts of the spermathecal capsules. The spermathecae undergo marked changes during moulting periods. Apolysis is followed by a partial dedifferentiation of the glandular cells, then the formation of new ductule cavities and the growth of a pseudocilium at the apex of the dendrite-like process of each ciliary cell. Afterwards, cuticular material is laid down around the pseudocilia, forming the intima of the new ductules, which results from the secretions of at least the ciliary and ductule cells. The pseudocilia degenerate before ecdysis. A comparison is made with the organogenesis of analogous organs described in different insect species.
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