Comparative morphology of the eggs from the eight species in the genus Agathemera Stål (Insecta: Phasmatodea), through phylogenetic comparative method approach
Author
Cubillos, Claudio
Landcare Research, Private Bag 92170, Auckland, New Zealand. & School of Biological Science, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand.
Author
Vera, Alejandro
Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación, Chile. alejandro. vera @ umce. cl; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 1029 - 4965
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-06-29
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4803.3.8
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A. mesoauriculae
(
Camousseight 1995
)
(n=16) (
Fig. 6
: c1,2)
The egg elongation expressed as the height/length ratio is 59 ± 2% and the lateral flattening as the width/height ratio is 86 ± 4%. The general shape of the egg is ovoid (
11
). Capsule black colored (
21
), with rugosities irregularly distributed (
32
). The micropylar plate is ensiform shaped (
42
), rugose (
52
), with edges above the capsule plane (
60
), black colored as the rest of the capsule (
70
) and internal micropylar plate closed (
81
). Opercular angle is -22.77 ±3.58°. The operculum shape is orbicular (
90
), black colored (
101
), and rugose (
111
).
Ultrastructure (
Fig. 8
: c1,2): The capsule ultrastructure surface is trabeculated (
122
) and the micropylar plate ultrastructure surface is cracked (
130
). Micropylar cup with veil (
141
) and the opercular ultrastructure is trabeculated as the rest of the capsule (
152
).