Morphological aspects of the testes of 18 species of terrestrial of Heteroptera from Northwestern São Paulo (Brazil)

Biota Neotropica

Mariana Oliveira Gomes¹  Márcia Maria Urbanin Castanhole¹  Hederson Vinicius De Souza¹  Aline Sumitani Murakami¹  Tatiani Seni De Souza Firmino¹  Priscila Samara Saran¹  Cecilia Artico Banho¹  Leticia Da Silva Monteiro¹  Jocielly Cristina Pereira Da Silva¹  Mary Massumi Itoyama¹ 

关键词: testicles;    peritoneal sheath;    lobes;    testículos;    bainha peritoneal;    lobos;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1676-06032013000300016

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The Heteroptera are known for their odour, for being pests or for being disease carriers. However, they are still not extensively studied, perhaps because they form a very large group. Therefore, with the aim of enhancing the knowledge of the morphology of the testes of this insect order, we collected and analysed 18 species of terrestrial Heteroptera from the northwestern part of São Paulo. The analysis of these species revealed some differences between the testicles of these species, including their shape (elongated, oval, round or pecten), the morphology of the testicular lobes (elongated and paired side by side or united in a single region), the colours of the peritoneal sheath that surrounds the lobes (red, orange, yellow or translucent), and the number of testicular lobes (one, two, four, five, six or seven). Because the aspects analysed were highly variable, our study suggests a need for further analysis of Heteropteran testicular morphological differences.

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