TY  - GEN
A1  - Jolivet, Pierre
A1  - Verma, Krishna Kumar
A1  - Saxena, Rashmi
T1  - ‘Retournement’ of the aedeagus in Curculionidae (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea)
T2  - Insecta mundi : a journal of world insect systematics
N2  - Retournement or turning of the aedeagus about its longitudinal axis through about 180o during development is known in Chrysomeloidea (Coleoptera). This change in the orientation of the organ may be observed during the postembryonic development. This change produces certain morphological effects. By observing these morphological features in the imago the retournement may be inferred. Such morphological features in Curculionidae (Coleoptera) are here recorded. From this it has been inferred not only that retournement of the aedeagus is included in the ontogeny of curculionids, but also that the change of orientation of the organ occurs by the same mechanism as in Chrysomeloidea. These inferences attest the notion of a close phyletic relationship between the superfamilies Curculionoidea and Chrysomeloidea.
T3  - Insecta Mundi - 0300 
Y1  - 2013
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/31397
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-313970
PB  - Center for Systematic Entomology
CY  - Gainesville, Fla.
ER  -