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Fig. 7

From: First 3-D reconstruction of copulation in Lepidoptera: interaction of genitalia in Tortrix viridana (Tortricidae)

Fig. 7

Musculature of bursa copulatrix (CLSM). a Ventral view. b Dorsal view. c Detail of corpus bursae with muscle fibres irradiating from the signum area. d Detail of ductus bursae, ventral view. e Dorsal view of d. Note the muscularis around the insertion area of ductus seminalis (arrows). Muscles in red, tendinous areas in blue, and the white colour corresponds with colour overlay of the fluorescent dyes and autofluorescence of the cuticle in all channels (red, green and blue)

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Frontiers in Zoology

ISSN: 1742-9994