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Spermathecal valve animation

honey bee spermathecal valve

Spermathecal valve (sometimes called spermathecal pump) of honey bee queen. After Gessner and Ruttner (1977, fig. 2) [1]. (scale bar = 100 micrometers)

References

  1. Gessner B., Ruttner F. (1977) Transfer der Spermatozoen in die Spermatheka der Bienenkönigin. Apidologie 8:1-18.
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