Hymenoptera Glossary

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id: 1403

genital chamber

definition: A ventral ivagination of the conjunctivalmembrane between the ninth and tenthabdominal segments containing the phallic organs in males; in a female a copulatory ivagination cavity behind or above the eighth abdominalsternum containing the gonopore and the orifice of thespermatheca, often narrowed to form a pouch-like ortubular vagina.

written by: Snodgrass, R. E. 1935. Principles of insect morphology. McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., New York & London 667 pp.

highest applicable taxon name: Hymenoptera

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quarantine

(from: Deans, A. R. 2009.) Used in Hymenoptera? Is this an anatomical space? by:Andy Deans

alternative definition

(from: Snodgrass, R. E. 1935.) In the female, primarily an invagination cavity behind the eight abdominal sternum containing the gonopore and the spermathecal aperture, often converted into a vagina or uterus, and in some insects opening secondarily on or behind the ninth sternum; in the male, an invagination cavity behind (above) the ninth sternum containing the intromittent organ. by:Daniele Swetnam

existing relationships:

genital chamber	part_of /	abdomen	adeans	09/05/2006
genital chamber	is_a /	anatomical space	adeans	08/03/2009
bursa copulatrix	is_a /	genital chamber	adeans	08/04/2009

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