Bangasternus planifrons'un (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Rhinocyllini) erkek ve dişi genital yapıları Türkiye: Bir taramalı elektron mikroskobu çalışması

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Yücel C., Bal N., Şahin D. C., Suludere Z.

Acta Zoologica, cilt.1, sa.1, ss.1-11, 2024 (SCI-Expanded)

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 1 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2024
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1111/azo.12530
  • Dergi Adı: Acta Zoologica
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1-11
  • Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Bangasternus planifrons (Brullé, 1832) specimens collected from Ankara-Bala

were studied. The paper presents a scanning electron microscopic examination of

ultrastructural features of aedeagus and spermatheca of Bangasternus planifrons

(Brullé, 1832) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Rhinocyllini) from Türkiye for the

first time. The fact that Bangasternus is a genus with three species in Türkiye

makes the study more important. Accordingly, detailed investigation of aedeagus

and spermatheca is very important to obtain new diagnostic characteristics in

Bangasternus. The parts which include systematic characters such as spermatheca,

genital spicule, sternite eight and coxite figures were drawn in detail and these

characters were discussed on species, genera and tribus levels. While significant

differences were observed among the species in genital spicula, coxite, stylus

and spermateca, a difference that would reveal a genus discrimination character

by evaluating these structures could not be obtained according to the available

findings. Photos in stereomicroscope and scanning electron microscope are also

given in the text.