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Tipo: Artigo
Título: Structural and ultrastructural characteristics of male reproductive tract and spermatozoa in two Cryptinae species (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)
Autor(es): Moreira, Jane
Araújo, Vinícius Albano
Lino-Neto, José
Báo, Sônia Nair
Abstract: This study represents the first characterization of male reproductive tracts and ultrastructural description of sperm of Cryptinae species. In Lymeon dieloceri and Pachysomoides sp., the male reproductive tract is formed by a pair of testis, two deferent ducts, two accessory glands and one ejaculatory duct. The spermatozoa are similar to those described for other Hymenoptera, with: (1) the acrosome formed by the acrosomal vesicle covering the perforatorium, which has its base inserted in a cavity located in the nucleus point; (2) a thin nucleus with electron-dense chromatin; (3) an electron-dense centriolar adjunct located between the nucleus and one of the two mitochondrial derivatives; (4) an axoneme with a 9 + 9 + 2 microtubule arrangement; (5) two long mitochondrial derivatives with peripheral cristae and; (6) two accessory bodies located between the two mitochondrial derivatives and the axoneme. These ichneumonids present structural characteristics similar to other parasitic wasps, such as presence of a single follicle per testis, layer of extracellular material enveloping the acrosome and accessory microtubules ending before others in final portion of the flagellum. However, male reproductive system and the spermatozoa presented morphological characteristics that allowed their differentiation, such as oval shapes accessory glands and the symmetric mitochondrial derivatives in L. dieloceri compared to the spherical accessory glands and asymmetrical derivatives observed in Pachysomoides sp. Taken together, data presented here demonstrates that diversity of morphological characteristic from the male reproductive tract and spermatozoa in Hymenoptera might provide a character system that can be used, in association with other systems, to resolve various uncertainties about the evolutionary relationships of this insect group.
Palavras-chave: Accessory gland
Testes
Phylogeny
Lymeon dieloceri
Pachysomoides sp.
Editor: Micron
Tipo de Acesso: Elsevier B. V.
URI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micron.2009.11.005
http://www.locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/23626
Data do documento: Abr-2010
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