Sperm Bundles in the Seminal Vesicles of Sexually Mature Lasius Ant Males

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-298284
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.29828

Heinze, Jürgen ; Burnett, William E.

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Abstract

In many insects, sperm cells are produced in bundles with their heads being held together by a glycoprotein matrix secreted by a cyst cell. Mature sperm cells in the seminal vesicles are usually free, but in sawflies and several other insects, such structures (spermatodesmata) remain intact and sperm cells may be ejaculated as bundles. Here we report the occurrence of spermatodesmata in mature ...