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The sperm pump and genital coupling of Panorpodes kuandianensis (Mecoptera: Panorpodidae).
Arthropod Structure & Development 2019 March 17
Males of Panorpodidae possess a special sperm pump, through which they directly transfer seminal fluid to the female spermatheca. However, the sperm pump has not been studied in Panorpodes to date. Here, the structure of the sperm pump and the internal coupling of genitalia were investigated in the short-faced scorpionfly Panorpodes kuandianensis (Zhong, Zhang, and Hua, 2011) using light and scanning electron microscopy. The sperm pump mainly consists of a piston, a pumping chamber, the anterior region of the aedeagal complex, the posterior region of the ejaculatory sac, and associated muscles. The piston as a propulsion apparatus is controlled by levator and depressor muscles. Its posterior region connects dorsally to the aedeagus via a joint. The pumping chamber is located between the piston and the aedeagus. The dorsal and ventral parameres were attached by retractor muscles. During copulation, the male phallotreme connects to the female copulatory pore to transfer sperm. Male gonostyli and parameres grasp the female to restrict the genitalia movement and impede her medigynium from retreating. The sperm ejaculatory mechanism of Panorpodes and the evolution of sperm transfer mode in insects are briefly discussed based on the structure of the sperm pump and the internal coupling of genitalia.
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