Ultrastructural studies of the ovary of Palaeococcus fuscipennis (Burmeister) (Insecta, Hemiptera, Coccinea: Monophlebidae).
Ovaries of Palaeocoocus fuscipennis are composed of about 100 telotrophic ovarioles that are devoid of terminal filaments. In the ovariole a tropharium ( = trophic chamber) and vitellarium can be distinguished. The tropharium contains 7 trophocytes. A single oocyte develops in the vitellarium. The oocyte is surrounded by follicular cells that do not undergo diversification into subpopulations. The obtained results are discussed in a phylogenetic context.
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Department of Systematic Zoology and Zoogeography, Institute of Zoology, Jagiellonian University, R. Ingardena 6, 30-060 Kraków, Poland. szkla@zuk.iz.uj.edu.pl
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D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006430:Hemiptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D010053:Ovary / Q000648:ultrastructure*