1982
The occurrence and activity of sperm in mature female Enallagma cyathigerum (Charpentier) (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae)
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Odonatologica , Volume 11 - Issue 2 p. 159- 161
Examination of 28 mature female E. cyathigerum, caught immediately after presumed oviposition or early in the day, has shown that 96% carried some stored sperm and that 54% had full sperm loads. Further copulations, therefore, start with well-filled sperm stores in such females. Spermathecal sperm is highly active and disperses rapidly in saline, whereas sperm from the bursa is inactive and remains as a solid plug for at least an hour after removal.
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P.L. Miller. (1982). The occurrence and activity of sperm in mature female Enallagma cyathigerum (Charpentier) (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae). Odonatologica, 11(2), 159–161. |