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Issue: Vol. 1412 No. 1: 26 Feb. 2007
Type: Articles
Published: 2007-02-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1412.1.2
Page range: 55-60
Abstract views: 57
PDF downloaded: 3

The female genital structures of several species of the genus Cionus Clairville, 1798 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Hacettepe University Faculty of Science Department of Biology, 06532 Beytepe Ankara Turkey
Coleoptera Morphology female genital structure Curculionidae Curculioninae Cionus Palaearctic Region Verbenaceae

Abstract

The structure of the female genitalia of seven species from genus Cionus Clairville, 1798 have been examined in this study. The genital spicula, 8 th sternite, coxite, stylus and spermatheca which have systematic importance are illustrated and those structures are discussed at the species level.

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