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Matsumura Y, Kubo T. Eversion and withdrawal of an intromittent organ before sexual maturation prepares male beetles for copulation. R Soc Open Sci. 2017;4(8):161029doi: 10.1098/rsos.161029.
Matsumura, Y., & Kubo, T. (2017). Eversion and withdrawal of an intromittent organ before sexual maturation prepares male beetles for copulation. Royal Society open science, 4(8), 161029. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.161029
Matsumura, Yoko, and Kubo, Takuya. "Eversion and withdrawal of an intromittent organ before sexual maturation prepares male beetles for copulation." Royal Society open science vol. 4,8 (2017): 161029. doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.161029
Matsumura Y, Kubo T. Eversion and withdrawal of an intromittent organ before sexual maturation prepares male beetles for copulation. R Soc Open Sci. 2017 Aug 09;4(8):161029. doi: 10.1098/rsos.161029. eCollection 2017 Aug. PMID: 28878960; PMCID: PMC5579075.
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R Soc Open Sci. 2017 Aug 09;4(8):161029. doi: 10.1098/rsos.161029. eCollection 2017 Aug.

Eversion and withdrawal of an intromittent organ before sexual maturation prepares male beetles for copulation.

Royal Society open science

Yoko Matsumura, Takuya Kubo

Affiliations

  1. Laboratory of Systematic Entomology, Department of Ecology and Systematics, Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8589, Japan.
  2. Department of Functional Morphology and Biomechanics, Zoological Institute, University of Kiel, Am Botanischen Garten 1-9, 24098 Kiel, Germany.
  3. Graduate School of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan.

PMID: 28878960 PMCID: PMC5579075 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.161029

Abstract

Some species of criocerine beetles have a hyper-elongated part of the intromittent organ called a flagellum. In resting position, the flagellum is stored in a specialized internal sac in the intromittent organ. This specialized state of the flagellum and internal sac is indispensable during copulation for flagellar insertion into the female spermathecal duct for sperm transfer. However, the morphogenesis of the flagellum does not generate the active state of the flagellum; rather, the flagellum is generated in an inactive and completely coiled state. After eclosion, males of

Keywords: Chrysomelidae; Criocerinae; flagellum; genital evolution

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interests.

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