Tipula (Yamatotipula) couckei Tonnoir, 1921

Men, Qiulei, Starkevich, Pavel & Podenas, Sigitas, 2020, Comparative morphological study of female internal reproductive system among nine species in the genus Tipula (Diptera: Tipulidae), Zoological Systematics 45 (2), pp. 135-145 : 141

Tipula (Yamatotipula) couckei Tonnoir, 1921 ( Fig. 8 )

Description. Bursa copulatrix relatively narrow and short, gradually broadened at apical third, terminal blunt. Spermathecal ducts narrowed at basal half, swollen at apical half. Spermatheca three, spherical, relatively big, 0.45 mm in diameter. Spermathecal ducts arising from same level, with lateral pair distinctly shorter than bursa copulatrix, with central duct subequal in length to bursa copulatrix. Accessory gland being elongated sac, almost same length as bursa copulatrix, swollen, without common stem or very short if stem present ( Fig. 8 ).

Figures

Figure 8. Female internal reproductive system of T. (Y.) couckei. Scale bar=1.0mm.