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Figs. 1–4. The method for inflating the female genital organ. 1 in A Method to Observe Membranous Structures of Female Genitalia in the Inflated Condition (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

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Figs. 1–4. The method for inflating the female genital organ. 1) Insert nozzle or needle from gonopore to near the distal part of the vagina or bursa copulatrix; 2) Inject petroleum jelly to inflate membranous parts; 3) Clamp median oviduct when jelly flows from oviduct cavity; 4) Carefully extract nozzle from gonopore after inflation.

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Published as part of Yamasako, Junsuke, 2015, A Method to Observe Membranous Structures of Female Genitalia in the Inflated Condition (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), pp. 799-805 in The Coleopterists Bulletin 69 (4) on page 800, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065x-69.4.799, http://zenodo.org/record/10106624

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