Tipula (Vestiplex) longitudinalis Nielsen, 1929

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 : 140

Tipula (Vestiplex) longitudinalis Nielsen, 1929 ( Fig. 6 )

Description. Bursa copulatrix stout and relatively short. Spermatheca three, pear-shaped, laterals (width 0.20 mm, length 0.25 mm) smaller than central one (width 0.35 mm, length 0.45 mm). Spermathecal ducts significantly narrower than bursa copulatrix, arising from same level, lateral ducts distinctly longer than central one which almost same length as bursa copulatrix. Accessory gland being irregular long sac, subequal in length to bursa copulatrix, narrowed basally, swollen apically, connected to each other by a short stem ( Fig. 6 ).

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Figure 6. Female internal reproductive system of T. (V.) longitudinalis. Scale bar=1.0mm.