22 Eyl 2025 Pazartesi
Aedeagal ultrastructures of Chaetocnema hortensis (Geoffroy, 1785) (Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini) by Scanning Electron Microscope
Abstract : The paper presents unknown ultrastructures of aedeagus of Chaetocnema hortensis (Geoffroy, 1785) which is the type species of the subgenus Chaetocnema (Hortensoides) Özdikmen, 2021 are studied and figured under both stereo microscope and Scanning Electron Microscope from Turkey for the first time. The studied specimens were collected from Kayseri province in 2015, 2016 and 2018. Aedeagus so far were studied on the basis of only stereo microscopic studies in general within the genus Chaetocnema Stephens. In accordance with this, to reveal and to obtain new diagnostic characters with ultrastructural and detailed investigations of aedeagus of the species Chaetocnema hortensis (Geoffroy, 1785) are basically aimed with this study. It is revealed new diagnostic characters for aedeagus by investigations on ultrastructural morphologies in SEM.