Abstract

SIMOES, Marianna V. P.. Male and female reproductive systems of Stolas conspersa (Germar) (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae). Rev. Bras. entomol. [online]. 2012, vol.56, n.1, pp. 19-22.  Epub Mar 27, 2012. ISSN 0085-5626.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0085-56262012005000007.

Male and female reproductive systems of Stolas conspersa (Germar) (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae). The male and female reproductive systems of Stolas conspersa (Germar, 1824) are described and illustrated for the first time. The male reproductive system shows no difference from the subfamily pattern, which is a tubular well-developed median lobe; "Y", "V" or T-shaped tegmen; reduced pygidium; internal sac membranous and tubular; flagellum generally well developed needle-like structured and gastral spiculum absent. However, the female differs from the pattern proposed for Stolas in two aspects: ovary with 28 ovarioles and a reduced ampulla with indistinct velum.

Keywords : Genitalia; Mesomphaliini; morphology; Neotropical.