Figure 2

Reconstruction of the ovipositor pulsatile organs and the surrounding structures of the abdominal apex. (A) Ventral view (subgenital plate). Bases of the gonapophyses 8 (ga8) enlarged and with strongly sclerotized lateral parts (dark brown), medial parts of flexible cuticle (light brown) forming compressible bulges which constitute the ovipositor pulsatile organ 8 (opo8); area of the preceding genital chamber (gc) delimited by dotted line. (B) Same view as in A, but right ga8 base is presented transparently; compressor muscle 8 (cm8) (red) extends between strongly sclerotized coxosternite 8 (cs8) and medial flexible cuticle of ga8; lumen of ga8 is divided by a delicate septum (indicated by dashed line) into a wide medial sinus (si8m) and a smaller lateral sinus (si8l; both sinuses in blue) (C) Lateral view. ga8 and lateral gonapophysis 9 (ga9l) are articulately jointed to cs8 and cs9. The bulges of the protruding ovipositor pulsatile organ (opo8) are presented transparently. Arrows refer to section levels of Figures 4 and5. (D) Parasagittal view of the opo, most of left cs9 and many large muscles are removed to expose opo9; cm9 extends between cs9 and a median invagination of flexible cuticle. Scale bar: 250 μm. Further abbreviations (numbers 8 and 9 refer to the respective abdominal segment): aiv, anterior intervalvular sclerite; am, median apodeme (attachment site of muscle 9); m, muscle (numbering follows[19]); piv, posterior intervalvular sclerite; tr, trachea; tg, terminal ganglion. Coloring of structures in italics. Arrowheads outside the diagram indicate reference planes: a, anterior; d, dorsal; l, lateral.