Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (1998) 34, 63-70

René Sforza and Thierry Bourgoin (1998)
Female genitalia and copulation of the planthopper Hyalesthes obsoletus Signoret (Hemiptera : Fulgoromorpha : Cixiidae)
Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 34 (1), 63-70
Abstract: Female genitalia morphology in the cixiid genus Hyalesthes - with a short ovipositor - is described in comparison with another long ovipositor cixiid genus Cixius. In Hyalesthes, gonocoxal structures and not only gonapophysian ones are reduced. The circular sclerotized ornamentations of the bursa copulatrix wall, widely distributed in the Fulgoromorpha, seem to be linked to glandular units. Dissection of Hyalesthes obsoletus Signoret in copula shows that not only the aedeagus and the periandrium are inserted into the vagina but also the left lateral process of the pygofer.
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Database assignments for author(s): René Sforza, Thierry Bourgoin

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
population dynamics/ epidemiology

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Hyalesthes obsoletus		France