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Morphology of the reproductive and digestive tracts of Adparaproba gabrieli (Heteroptera: Miridae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2012

Lorena Ferrari Uceli ,
Victor Dias Pirovani ,
Natállia Maria de Freitas Vicente ,
Tiago Georg Pikart ,
Paulo Sérgio Fiuza Ferreira  and
José Eduardo Serrão
Lorena Ferrari Uceli
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Regional Museum of Entomology, Federal University of Viçosa, 36570-000Viçosa, MG, Brazil
Victor Dias Pirovani
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Regional Museum of Entomology, Federal University of Viçosa, 36570-000Viçosa, MG, Brazil
Natállia Maria de Freitas Vicente
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Regional Museum of Entomology, Federal University of Viçosa, 36570-000Viçosa, MG, Brazil
Tiago Georg Pikart
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Regional Museum of Entomology, Federal University of Viçosa, 36570-000Viçosa, MG, Brazil
Paulo Sérgio Fiuza Ferreira
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Regional Museum of Entomology, Federal University of Viçosa, 36570-000Viçosa, MG, Brazil
José Eduardo Serrão*
Affiliation:
Department of General Biology, Federal University of Viçosa, 36570-000Viçosa, MG, Brazil
*
*E-mail: jeserrao@ufv.br
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Abstract

Adparaproba gabrieli Carvalho is a phytophagous neotropical bug with a restricted distribution to southeast Brazil. The histology of the digestive system and that of the male and female reproductive tracts of A. gabrieli was studied. We found that the male had a pair of testes with two follicles per testis, two short vasa defentia that joined in a muscular ejaculatory duct with two pairs of well-developed accessory glands. The female has a meroistic telotrophic ovary with three ovarioles per ovary. There is a pair of sac-like salivary glands. The digestive tract, after the pharynx, has a long, thin oesophagus ending in a muscular proventriculus. The transition fore-midgut is marked by a stomodeal valve, and the midgut is the main organ with an anterior portion with columnar cells and an posterior one with flattened cells. The hindgut is short and differentiated in the ileum and rectum. The Malpighian tubules are also described and the phytophagous feeding habit of A. gabrieli is discussed.

Keywords

Adparaproba gabrieliinternal morphologytelotrophic ovaryPiper sp.
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Research Paper
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International Journal of Tropical Insect Science , Volume 31 , Issue 4 , December 2011 , pp. 219 - 224
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Copyright © ICIPE 2011

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