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Tipiula (Lunatipula) lunata Linnaeus 1758

  • 1. School of Life Sciences, Provincial Key Laboratory of the Biodiversity Study and Ecology Conservation in Southwest Anhui, Anqing Normal University, Anqing, Anhui 246011, P. R. China
  • 2. Nature Research Centre, Akademijos str. 2, LT- 08412 Vilnius, Lithuania Corresponding author, E-mail: sigitas. podenas @ ekoi. lt

Description

Tipiula (Lunatipula) lunata Linnaeus, 1758 (Fig.2)

Description. Bursa copulatrix very narrow and elongated, rounded apically (Fig. 2A). Spermatheca three, pear-shaped, 0.20 mm at widest point. Spermathecal ducts distinctly shorter than bursa copulatrix, not arising from same level, lateral ducts arising front of central duct (Figs 2A–B). Accessory gland being elongated sac, swollen, connected to each other by a long stem (Fig. 2C). A special structure generated from base of bursa copulatrix, characterized as follows: swollen in general, terminating cephalad in a thin lobe which truncated apically, with a small hole medially, in which common stem of accessory gland generated, with a concaved region medially in lateral view (Figs 2A, D–F). Vaginal apodeme broad basally, narrowed to a sharp terminal (Figs 2A, F).

Notes

Published as part of Men, Qiulei, Starkevich, Pavel & Podenas, Sigitas, 2020, Comparative morphological study of female internal reproductive system among nine species in the genus Tipula (Diptera: Tipulidae), pp. 135-145 in Zoological Systematics 45 (2) on page 137, DOI: 10.11865/zs.202018, http://zenodo.org/record/5363937

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Tipulidae
Genus
Tipiula
Species
lunata
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Tipiula (Lunatipula) lunata Linnaeus, 1758 sec. Men, Starkevich & Podenas, 2020