title: Histochemical studies on the male accessory gland of Oxya velox (Insecta: Orthoptera).
abstract: The male accessory gland of Oxya velox includes fourteen pair of tubules opening into the ejaculatory duct. Histochemically these tubules can be distinguished into six types (AG1--AG6). Their secretion is the mixture of polysaccharides (Glycogen, sialomucin and neutral mucopolysaccharides), proteins (-NH2 and SH groups, tyrosine, tryptophan, histidine and arginine) and lipids (neutral and phospholipids). The possible role of the accessory glands based on their histochemical analysis has been speculated.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004543:Ejaculatory Ducts / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D008297:Male; D009987:Orthoptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D013194:Staining and Labeling