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INTERNAL REPRODUCTIVE GLANDS AS TAXONOMIC CHARACTERS IN MALES OF TWO SPECIES OF ELATERIDAE (COLEOPTERA)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

E. A. Brown  and
A. J. Keaster
E. A. Brown
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri 65201
A. J. Keaster
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri 65201
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Studies of the internal reproductive glands of male Elateridae are rare since only the external genitalia (basal sclerite, aedeagus, and parameres) are used for species determination (cf. Quate and Thompson 1967; Brooks 1960). Knowledge of the internal organs of the female is much more advanced and variations in these organs form the basis for species determination of females (Becker 1958; Dajoz 1964; Quate and Thompson 1967). However, the few cases where the internal glands of the male have been examined have indicated considerable variation in structure among genera and species (Levtshuk 1930; Zacharuk 1958).

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 110 , Issue 1 , 01 January 1978 , pp. 108 - 110
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1978

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