is recognized as a member of Alycaulini in possessing the enlarged dorsal-longitudinal ridges on the basal half of the
ovipositor and the sclerotized and setose posterior margin of the male seventh tergite, diagnostic characters of the tribe.
These two genera, however, have evenly curved
ovipositors. In Paraplangia, the fore femora are also unarmed [a character occasionally found within otherwise armed genera: e.g.
Modified scales of
ovipositor: absent (0) (Figures 23 and 24); present (1) (Figure 25)
Ovipositor morphology of cosmetid harvestmen (Arachnida, Opiliones, Laniatores): A new source of informative characters.
Ovipositor corto y robusto, valva dorsal con serrulacion distal prominente (Fig.
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Ovipositor not shorter than 2.2 times long as pronotum (Fig.
Vargas Lugo's concrete
Ovipositor is a heptagonal representation of this minuscule, yet vital, organ.
The shape of
ovipositor sheaths apex in both species are also different: round in A.
During the spawning season, females develop a long
ovipositor that they use to lay eggs in the gill cavities of mussels through the mussel's exhalant siphon.
Las hembras carecen de la mancha alar y de los peines tarsales y poseen un
ovipositor tipicamente aserrado formado por dientes oscuros (Fig.
The
ovipositor is composed of two or more segments (valves) which are connected by means of a special dovetail interlocking mechanism and can therefore slide with respect to each other.
Ovipositor not shorter than pronotum (Fig.6e) ..................
