Tipula (Lunatipula) submanca Savchenko, 1964

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 : 137

Tipula (Lunatipula) submanca Savchenko, 1964 ( Fig.3 )

Description. Bursa copulatrix narrow, base slightly broad, gradually narrowed to tip, rounded apically. Spermatheca three, pear-shaped, width 0.25 mm, length 0.30 mm. Spermathecal ducts not arising from same level, with lateral pair distinctly longer than bursa copulatrix, with central duct distinctly shorter than bursa copulatrix, central duct arising front of lateral ducts. Accessory gland being round sac, swollen, connected to each other by a short stem which connected to base of bursa copulatrix ( Fig. 3 ).

Remarks. In the two species of the subgenus Tipula (Lunatipula) , their bursas copulatrix are generally long and narrow despite of their various lengths in different species, and the three spermathecal ducts of both species are not arising from the same level of bursa copulatrix. Additionally, a special structure is present at the base of bursa copulatrix in Tipula (Lunatipula) lunata , which is not described before in the family Tipulidae .

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Figure 3. Female internal reproductive system of T.(L.) submanca. Scale bar=1.0mm.