Female-Limited Polymorphism in the Copulatory Organ of a Traumatically Inseminating Insect

2007 ◽  
Vol 170 (6) ◽  
pp. 931
Author(s):  
Reinhardt ◽  
Ewan Harney ◽  
Naylor ◽  
Gorb ◽  
Siva-Jothy
Keyword(s):  
Copulatory Organ

Dactylogyrids (Platyhelminthes, Monogenoidea) from the gills of Hoplias malabaricus (Characiformes: Erythrinidae) from coastal rivers of the Oriental Amazon Basin: species of Urocleidoides and Constrictoanchoratus n. gen.

2017 ◽  
Vol 92 (3) ◽  
pp. 353-368 ◽  
Author(s):  
K.D.C. Ferreira ◽  
A.R.O. Rodrigues ◽  
J.-M. Cunha ◽  
M.V. Domingues
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Amazon Basin ◽  
Copulatory Organ ◽  
Ventral Anchor ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
Hoplias Malabaricus ◽  
The North ◽  
Coastal Rivers ◽  
Upper Paraná River Floodplain ◽  
Host Parasite

AbstractFive species of Urocleidoides (one new) and two new species of Constrictoanchoratus n. gen. are described in this study. All were collected from the gills of Hoplias malabaricus (Characiformes: Erythrinidae) captured in six localities of coastal rivers of the north-eastern sector the State of Pará (Oriental Amazon): Urocleidoides brasiliensis Rosim, Mendoza-Franco & Luque, 2011; Urocleidoides bulbophallus n. sp.; Urocleidoides cuiabai Rosim, Mendoza-Franco & Luque, 2011; Urocleidoides eremitus Kritsky, Thatcher & Boeger, 1986; Urocleidoides malabaricusi Rosim, Mendoza-Franco & Luque, 2011; Constrictoanchoratus lemmyi n. gen. n. sp.; and Constrictoanchoratus ptilonophallus n. gen. n. sp. This is the first reported occurrence of the four previously described species of Urocleidoides parasitizing H. malabaricus from streams in the Oriental Amazon Basin. The analysis of voucher specimens of U. eremitus parasitizing the gills of H. malabaricus from the Upper Paraná River floodplain in the limits of States of Paraná and Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, indicates that these specimens are members of a new species of Urocleidoides, described here as Urocleidoides paranae n. sp. Constrictoanchoratus n. gen. is proposed for the species with a male copulatory organ sclerotized, coiled, clockwise; ventral anchor with elongate superficial root, inconspicuous deep root; dorsal anchor with inconspicuous roots, and a constriction at the intersection between the shaft and the point. The host–parasite diversity scenario and host specificity of the species of Constrictoanchoratus n. gen. and Urocleidoides from the gills of H. malabaricus are also discussed in this study.

scholarly journals Phrynarachne birudissp. nov., a new crab spider (Araneae, Thomisidae) from South Korea

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jae Seong Im ◽  
Seung Tae Kim ◽  
Sueyeon Lee
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Male Copulatory Organ ◽  
Copulatory Organ ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Biological Resources ◽  
Crab Spider ◽  
Crab Spiders

The crab spiders of the genus Phrynarachne Thorell, 1869 comprising 32 species has been widely known to distribute worldwide to date. Only one species, Phrynarachne katoi Chikuni, 1955, is known in Korea so far. A new crab spider, Phrynarachne birudis sp. nov. is described, based on a male collected from Gumi-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea. The geographic record is provided as well as photos of habitus and illustrations of the male copulatory organ. The type specimens of this study are deposited in the collection of the Nakdonggang National Institute of Biological Resources (NNIBR) and Konkuk University (KKU), South Korea.

scholarly journals 58 Histomorphological Study of Epididymis, ductus deferens and phallus in Adult Male Guinea Fowl (Numida meleagris)

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 58-65
Author(s):  
Shakir M. Mirhish
Keyword(s):  
Copulatory Organ ◽  
Guinea Fowl ◽  
Rete Testis ◽  
Columnar Epithelium ◽  
Local Market ◽  
Ductus Deferens ◽  
Numida Meleagris ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Characteristic Features ◽  
Epididymal Duct

This study was conducted to investigate the anatomical, histological characteristic features of epididymis, ductus deferens and phallus of male guinea fowl (Numidia meleagris ). Fifteen healthy male guinea fowl aged between 18-24 months, weighing 1280 - 1405 gram were used in current study which brought from local market in Baghdad governorate. The epididymis of guinea fowl consisted from rete testis, efferent ductless, connecting duct and epididymal duct. The study revealed that the mean diameter of epididymal ducts was 285.17± 2.43µm lined with pseudostratified columnar epithelium. The epididymal duct continuous with ductus deferens which become wider caudally towards the cloaca, the length of right and left ductus deferens were 9.16±1.20 cm and 9.80±1.24cm respectively. The copulatory organ (phallus) of guinea fowl was not well developed and non-intermittent type consist from right and left lateral lymphoid bodies with median eminences, the transverse width 5.01±0.24mm, the cranio-caudal width 3.51±0.07mm and dorso- ventral width 4.32±0.25mm. The lining epithelium of coprodeum was pseudo stratified columnar epithelium. This study concluded that the epididymis of male guinea fowl located on dorsomedial surface of the testes and without definite parts as in domestic animals, the ductus deferens of guinea fowl was tortuous, the phallus of guinea fowl is non - intermittent type.

Six new species of Archimonocelididae Meixner, 1938 (Platyhelminthes, Proseriata) from the Pacific, with proposal of a new genus

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4965 (3) ◽  
pp. 515-528
Author(s):  
MARCO CURINI-GALLETTI ◽  
ERNEST R. SCHOCKAERT
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
South Australia ◽  
Ventral Side ◽  
Copulatory Organ ◽  
Dorsal Side ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
The Pacific Ocean ◽  
The Caribbean

The genus Tajikacelis n. gen. is introduced for species of Archimonocelididae (Proseriata) characterized by the lack of atrial spines in the copulatory organ and by the opening of the seminal vesicles into the prostate vesicle at its ventral side. Six new species from the Pacific Ocean are ascribed to the new genus; they may be distinguished by features of the genital systems and the morphology of their copulatory stylets. T. tajikai n. sp. (type species of the new genus) and T. macrostomoides n. sp., both from eastern Australia, have a long tubular stylet. In T. macrostomoides n. sp., the stylet is more curved, bending to 180°, and has a narrower basis compared to that of T. tajikai n. sp. In T. artoisi n. sp., from Hawai’i, and T. nematoplanoides n. sp., from South Australia, the stylet is shaped as a truncated cone, with a broad, oblique proximal opening and a very short tubular part. T. artoisi n. sp. is distinct for the much stronger thickening of the dorsal side of the stylet, and for the different shape of the proximal opening. In T. acuta n. sp. and T. truncata n. sp., from West Panama, the tubular stylet is comparatively short; the two species differ for the shape of the distal opening, produced into a sharp spike in T. acuta n. sp., and square-ended in T. truncata n. sp.. Two species previously described in the genus Archimonocelis are transferred to Tajikacelis n. gen.: T. itoi Tajika, 1981 from Japan and T. keke Martens and Curini-Galletti, 1989 from Sulawesi (Indonesia). The taxonomic position of the problematic Archimonocelis glabrodorsata Martens and Curini-Galletti, 1989 from the Caribbean is discussed. The relationships of and within the genus Tajikacelis n. gen. are discussed and compared with recent results based on DNA studies. 

scholarly journals Supplementary taxonomic description of Demidospermus pinirampi (Monogenoidea, Dactylogyridae), with a new host record and an expansion of its distribution range

2017 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 355-358
Author(s):  
Julio Cesar Cenci de AGUIAR ◽  
Glauco Baptista Franco BUENO ◽  
Sonia Maria Cursino dos SANTOS ◽  
Edson Aparecido ADRIANO
Keyword(s):  
Morphological Analysis ◽  
Male Copulatory Organ ◽  
Host Record ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Copulatory Organ ◽  
The State ◽  
New Host ◽  
New Host Record ◽  
Taxonomic Description ◽  
Morphological Diagnosis

ABSTRACT During a survey conducted in the Lajeado Reservoir of the Tocantins River, in the state of Tocantins, Brazil, dactylogyrids were recovered from the gills of Pimelodina flavipinnis. Initial morphological analysis showed these dactylogyrids shared aspects of character with species of Demidospermus, with affinity to Demidospermus pinirampi, despite exhibiting differences with the original description by Kritsky et al. (1987) regarding the vagina, the base of the male copulatory organ and the shape and length of the bars. The analysis of the holotypes of D. pinirampi and its most morphologically close species, Demidospermus luckyi, revealed that these dactylogyrids were indeed D. pinirampi. This study therefore reports a new host and locality of occurrence, and reviews some measurements of the original description, supplementing and enhancing the morphological diagnosis of D. pinirampi.

New species of Duplominona Karling, 1966 and Pseudominona Karling, 1978 (Platyhelminthes: Proseriata) from the Caribbean

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4657 (1) ◽  
pp. 127-147
Author(s):  
MARCO CURINI-GALLETTI ◽  
GIACINTA A. STOCCHINO ◽  
JON L. NORENBURG
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
New Species ◽  
Puerto Rican ◽  
Copulatory Organ ◽  
Complete Separation ◽  
Congeneric Species ◽  
Caribbean Coast ◽  
Taxonomic Key ◽  
The Caribbean

Nine new species of Duplominona and one new Pseudominona (Platyhelminthes, Proseriata, Monocelididae) are described from the Caribbean coast of Panama and from Puerto Rico.                Duplominona aduncospina n. sp.; D. terdigitata n. sp.; D. pusilla n. sp.; D. bocasana n. sp. (from Panama) and D. dissimilispina n. sp.; D. chicomendesi n. sp.; D. macrocirrus n. sp.; D. diademata n. sp.; D. puertoricana n. sp. (from Puerto Rico) can be distinguished from the numerous congeneric species based on fine details of the sclerotized structures of the copulatory organ. Duplominona aduncospina n. sp. is characterised by a cirrus provided with 3–4 rows of recurve spines, 2–3 μm long. D. terdigitata n. sp. shows a tripartite tail, and needle-shaped cirrus spines, 1.5–9 μm long. Cirrus spines of D. pusilla n. sp. are scale-like, 1.5–3 μm long. D. bocasana n. sp. has triangular spines, 1.5–6 μm long. D. dissimilispina n. sp. has needle-shaped spines, 3.5–15 μm long. D. chicomendesi n. sp. has a small cirrus, with few, strongly curved spines, 2–7.5 μm long. D. macrocirrus n. sp. has a large cirrus, provided with spines 3–9 μm long, with the longest spines placed medially. D. diademata n. sp. has a cirrus with two separate spiny areas, with spines 7–13 μm long. D. puertoricana n. sp. has a very long cirrus, with poorly sclerotised proximal spines, and distal spines to 6 μm long. A taxonomic key of the genus Duplominona is provided. Pseudominona cancan n. sp. from Panama differs from P. dactylifera from Bermuda, the only species known in the genus so far, for its shorter cirrus and fewer, triangular spines 3–5 μm long, and for the position of the vagina, close to mouth. A specimen attributed to P. dactylifera collected in Puerto Rico is described. Distribution of the new species suggests a complete separation of Panamanian and Puerto Rican proseriate fauna, confirming previous reports of restricted ranges and high endemicity of mesopsammic Platyhelminthes. 

Two new freshwater rhabdocoels, Austrodalyellia gen. nov. and Haplodidymos gen. nov. (Platyhelminthes), from Queensland, Australia

Zootaxa ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
RICK HOCHBERG ◽  
LESTER R.G. CANNON
Keyword(s):  
Copulatory Organ ◽  
Freshwater Lake ◽  
Bursa Copulatrix ◽  
New Genera ◽  
The Family ◽  
Receptaculum Seminis ◽  
Posterior Pharynx ◽  
Red Eyes ◽  
Single Ovary

Two new genera and species of Rhabdocoela from a freshwater lake in Queensland, Australia are described. Austrodalyellia ariena gen. nov. sp. nov. is a member of the Dalyelliidae Graff, 1905. The female system is typical of the family and includes paired finger-like vitellaria, a single ovary, bursa copulatrix and receptaculum seminis. The male system includes paired posterior testes and a copulatory organ with contained vesicula seminalis, vesicula granulorum and a complex stylet. Stylet structure is unique in the family and consists of five layered tines connected by a bifid base. The stylet appears to be derived from forms similar to those of Dalyellia and Microdalyellia. Haplodidymos rubroculatus gen. nov. sp. nov. is a member of the Typhloplanidae Graff, 1905 and characterized by a pair of large red eyes and posterior pharynx rosulatus. The female system includes paired vitellaria, a single ovary, bursa copulatrix, receptaculum seminis and uterus. The male system is characterized by the unique presence of a single, long testis that runs medially and ventral to the gut. Posterior to the pharynx it connects with a copulatory organ that houses a well-defined vesicula seminalis, ill-defined vesicula granulorum, and weakly sclerotic stylet. Haplodidymos is placed in the Protoplanellinae based on the ventral position of the testes and the absence of excretory pores in the mouth.

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