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

Gomes, Mariana Oliveira [UNESP]; Urbanin Castanhole, Marcia Maria [UNESP]; Souza, Hederson Vinicius de [UNESP]; Murakami, Aline Sumitani [UNESP]; Souza Firmino, Tatiani Seni de [UNESP]; Saran, Priscila Samara [UNESP]; Banho, Cecilia Artico [UNESP]; Monteiro, Leticia da Silva [UNESP]; Pereira da Silva, Jocielly Cristina [UNESP]; Itoyama, Mary Massumi [UNESP]

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

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S1676-06032013000300016.pdf (828.7 KB)

Data

2013-07-01

Autores

Gomes, Mariana Oliveira

Urbanin Castanhole, Marcia Maria

Souza, Hederson Vinicius de

Murakami, Aline Sumitani

Souza Firmino, Tatiani Seni de

Saran, Priscila Samara

Banho, Cecilia Artico

Monteiro, Leticia da Silva

Pereira da Silva, Jocielly Cristina

Itoyama, Mary Massumi

Editor

Revista Biota Neotropica

Tipo

Artigo

Direito de acesso

Acesso aberto

Resumo

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 Sao 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.