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Description of Reproductive System of Indian Water Scorpion, Laccotrephes maculatus Fabr. (Hemiptera, Heteroptera: Nepidae)

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Journal of Advanced Laboratory Research in Biology, 10 (3): 52--64 (July 2019)

Abstract

Water scorpion, Laccotrephes maculatus Fabr. is unisexual and exhibits sexual dimorphism. The males are relatively smaller with conspicuous connexival spines and possess distinct external genitalia. The male reproductive organs include a pair of testis, a pair of vasa deferentia, a pair of vesicula seminalis, two pairs of accessory glands and unpaired median ductus ejaculatorious. The female reproductive organs possess a pair of ovaries, a pair of lateral oviducts, a common oviductus communis, a vagina and the spermatotheca.

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