• DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-70257-5_13
Corpus ID: 90523140

Structures and Functions of the Endophallic Copulatory Tube in the Family Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera)

@inproceedings{Naomi2018StructuresAF,
  title={Structures and Functions of the Endophallic Copulatory Tube in the Family Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera)},
  author={S. Naomi},
  year={2018}
}

S. Naomi

Published 2018

Biology

This paper deals with the structures and functions of the endophallic copulatory tube in Staphylinidae, which has been previously called “copulatory piece,” “endophallus,” “flagellum,” etc. in descriptive studies. First, the general morphology of the copulatory tube and the pseudocopulatory tube is discussed, together with the characterizations and terminology. Second, the distribution of the copulatory tubes in Staphylinidae is described. Third, the structures of the seven basic and some other… CONTINUE READING

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