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Title: | Morphological changes of the ovipositor in species of Cheloninae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in the course of adaptation to egg-larval parasitism | Authors: | Brajković, M. Nikolić, Z. Ćurčić, S. Živić, I. Stojanović, D. |
Keywords: | Braconidae;Cheloninae;Ovipositors;Comparative morphology;Parasitism | Issue Date: | 2010 | Rank: | M23 | Journal: | Archives of Biological Sciences | Volume: | 62 | Issue: | 2 | Start page: | 469 | End page: | 477 | Abstract: | Adaptation to the parasitic way of life in braconids has led to a number of consequences in the morphology of the ovipositor of females. As a derivative of the paired appendages of the eighth and ninth abdominal segments, the ovipositor is a complex morphological structure of gonapophysal origin whose muscular system makes possible highly complex movements during the act of egg-laying. In some groups of braconids, imaginal and egg-larval forms of parasitism have developed in the course of evolution. In adapting to these two forms of parasitism, the ovipositor underwent significant changes, while still remaining a successful structure for the paralyzation and laying of eggs in the host. This paper presents a survey of the ovipository apparatus structure in the species of the genera Ascogaster Wesmael, Leptodrepana Shaw, Chelonus Panzer, Microchelonus Szépligeti, and Phanerotoma Wesmael, and gives a review of the changes in structure of the ovipositor during adaptation to egg-larval parasitism. |
URI: | https://biore.bio.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5702 | DOI: | 10.2298/ABS1002469B |
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