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Type: | Artigo |
Title: | Sperm morphology: A novel way to associate female-males of highly sexual dimorphic fig wasp species |
Author: | Santinelo Pereira, Rodrigo Augusto Lino-Neto, Jose do Prad, Angelo Pires |
Abstract: | Males of pollinating and some non-pollinating fig wasps are wingless and quite dissimilar to their co-specific females. Due to the accentuated sexual dimorphism, males and females of some fig wasp species were described in different genera. We used morphological sperm features obtained from male seminal vesicles and female spermathecas to associate sexes in three non-pollinating fig wasp species, genus Idarnes, that are associated with Ficus citrifolia in Brazil. Sperm obtained from each female morph species presented diagnostic features that led to the association with sperm obtained from males. This method can potentially be used to help enlighten taxonomic problems in other wasp species with sexual di- or polymorphism |
Subject: | Moraceae |
Country: | Países Baixos |
Editor: | Springer |
Rights: | Fechado |
Date Issue: | 2008 |
Appears in Collections: | IB - Artigos e Outros Documentos |
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