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The spermatozoon of Phlebotominae sandflies (Diptera, Psychodidae)
M Mazzini1, A M Fausto, M Maroli
1University of Tuscia, Faculty of Science, Viterbo, Italy.
Parassitologia
|December 1, 1991
Abstract:
Spermatozoa of Sergentomyia minuta Rondani were examined by light, scanning and transmission electron microscopy. The spermatozoon was seen to have a head and a tail. The first was characterized by an acrosomal complex with a thin space containing granular material which was interpreted as a perforatorium. The tail contained a 9+9+0 axoneme and one mitochondrial derivative. These results were compared with the sperm ultrastructure of other Diptera, particularly Psychodidae.