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Morphological Characteristics of Terminalia of the Wasp-Mimicking Fly, Stomorhina discolor (Fabricius)

Stomorhina discolor (Fabricius), a species of blow fly that mimics wasps, is distributed worldwide, but detailed information about characteristics of its adult terminalia is incomplete. To help fill this gap in the information, the morphology of adult stages of S. discolor was investigated using lig...

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Autores principales: Moophayak, Kittikhun, Sanit, Sangob, Chaiwong, Tarinee, Sukontason, Kom, Kurahashi, Hiromu, Sukontason, Kabkaew L., Vogtsberger, Roy C., Bunchu, Nophawan
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Publicado: MDPI 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5371939/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28085083
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects8010011
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author Moophayak, Kittikhun
Sanit, Sangob
Chaiwong, Tarinee
Sukontason, Kom
Kurahashi, Hiromu
Sukontason, Kabkaew L.
Vogtsberger, Roy C.
Bunchu, Nophawan
author_facet Moophayak, Kittikhun
Sanit, Sangob
Chaiwong, Tarinee
Sukontason, Kom
Kurahashi, Hiromu
Sukontason, Kabkaew L.
Vogtsberger, Roy C.
Bunchu, Nophawan
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description Stomorhina discolor (Fabricius), a species of blow fly that mimics wasps, is distributed worldwide, but detailed information about characteristics of its adult terminalia is incomplete. To help fill this gap in the information, the morphology of adult stages of S. discolor was investigated using light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. Observations using the light microscope revealed unique characteristics of the male genitalia that are markedly different from other blow fly species. More morphological detail, including observation of several sensilla (e.g., sensilla trichoid and sensilla basiconica) along the male terminalia and female ovipositor, was seen under the scanning electron microscope. These details can be taxonomically valuable for identifying males and females of S. discolor and may help address matters concerning copulation in this species.
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spelling pubmed-53719392017-04-10 Morphological Characteristics of Terminalia of the Wasp-Mimicking Fly, Stomorhina discolor (Fabricius) Moophayak, Kittikhun Sanit, Sangob Chaiwong, Tarinee Sukontason, Kom Kurahashi, Hiromu Sukontason, Kabkaew L. Vogtsberger, Roy C. Bunchu, Nophawan Insects Article Stomorhina discolor (Fabricius), a species of blow fly that mimics wasps, is distributed worldwide, but detailed information about characteristics of its adult terminalia is incomplete. To help fill this gap in the information, the morphology of adult stages of S. discolor was investigated using light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. Observations using the light microscope revealed unique characteristics of the male genitalia that are markedly different from other blow fly species. More morphological detail, including observation of several sensilla (e.g., sensilla trichoid and sensilla basiconica) along the male terminalia and female ovipositor, was seen under the scanning electron microscope. These details can be taxonomically valuable for identifying males and females of S. discolor and may help address matters concerning copulation in this species. MDPI 2017-01-12 /pmc/articles/PMC5371939/ /pubmed/28085083 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects8010011 Text en © 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Moophayak, Kittikhun
Sanit, Sangob
Chaiwong, Tarinee
Sukontason, Kom
Kurahashi, Hiromu
Sukontason, Kabkaew L.
Vogtsberger, Roy C.
Bunchu, Nophawan
Morphological Characteristics of Terminalia of the Wasp-Mimicking Fly, Stomorhina discolor (Fabricius)
title Morphological Characteristics of Terminalia of the Wasp-Mimicking Fly, Stomorhina discolor (Fabricius)
title_full Morphological Characteristics of Terminalia of the Wasp-Mimicking Fly, Stomorhina discolor (Fabricius)
title_fullStr Morphological Characteristics of Terminalia of the Wasp-Mimicking Fly, Stomorhina discolor (Fabricius)
title_full_unstemmed Morphological Characteristics of Terminalia of the Wasp-Mimicking Fly, Stomorhina discolor (Fabricius)
title_short Morphological Characteristics of Terminalia of the Wasp-Mimicking Fly, Stomorhina discolor (Fabricius)
title_sort morphological characteristics of terminalia of the wasp-mimicking fly, stomorhina discolor (fabricius)
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5371939/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28085083
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects8010011
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