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Abbreviations
- AE:
-
aedeagus
- AG:
-
accessory glands
- BE:
-
bulbus ejaculatorius
- BM:
-
basement membrane
- CED:
-
common ejaculatory duct
- EPIT:
-
epithelium
- GN:
-
gnathos
- HRP:
-
harp
- ICW:
-
inner cellular wall
- MS:
-
marginal spine
- N:
-
nuclei
- OCW:
-
outer cellular wall
- PED:
-
paired ejaculatory duct
- SB:
-
sperm bundles
- SBD:
-
striated border
- SC:
-
scrotum
- SEC:
-
secretion
- SPC:
-
spermatocyst
- SPG:
-
spermatogonia
- T:
-
testis
- TG:
-
tegumen
- TR:
-
tracheole
- U:
-
uncus
- V:
-
valvulae
- VD:
-
vasa deferentia
- VM:
-
vinculum
- VS:
-
vesicula seminalis
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Communicated by Professor B. C. Mahendra,f.a.sc., f.a.z., f.z.s.i.
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Mathur, L.M.L. Morphology and histology of the male reproductive organs ofUtetheisa pulchella L. (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 63, 133–144 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03051985
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