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Morphology and abnormalities of the reproductive organs of the cabbage root fly, Delia brassicae (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Anthomyiidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Jean L. Price
Jean L. Price
Affiliation:
National Vegetable Research Station, Wellesbourne, Warwick, U.K
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Abstract

The genitalia and reproductive organs of a normal and of an abnormal type of cabbage root fly (Delia brassicae (Wied.)) are described. The abnormal type, possessing incomplete genitalia, was found in the Welles-bourne laboratory culture. The abnormal females were sexually attractive to males but were unable to copulate or lay eggs, whereas the abnormal males copulated but did not inseminate females. The age of females at oviposition and both larval and adult diets influenced the number of abnormal flies in subsequent generations.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 67 , Issue 3 , September 1977 , pp. 459 - 470
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1977

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