TY  - JOUR
JF  - Acarologia
T1  - The genital musculature of the female moth ear mite Dicrocheles phalaenodectes
VL  - 7
IS  - 3
SP  - 420
EP  - 429
PY  - 1965
SN  - 0044-586X
SN  - 2107-7207
PB  - Les Amis d'Acarologia
AU  - Treat, A.E.
UR  - https://www1.montpellier.inrae.fr/CBGP/acarologia/article.php?id=3753
DA  - 1965-07-01
KW  - Acari
KW  - musculature
KW  - genital system
KW  - Dicrocheles phalaenodectes
AB  - The moth ear mite, Dicrocheles phalaenodectes (Treat), possesses both a lyrate organ and a camera spermatis but lacks both a sacculus foemineus and intercoxal spermathecae. Insemination is vaginal. Ten pairs of muscles or muscle groups control the genital aperture and associated structures. Several of these are attached to skeletal elements comprising the genital apodemes and arcs chitineux of Fain. The posterior limbs of these arcs are continuous with the peritremal plates.
ER -