Male genitalia images for dissection
voucher specimen 2013HLK:1907 of the Drasteria howlandii/tejonica complex
(Noctuidae: Erebinae) from SW Texas
Genitalia were dissected and images taken by Hugo L. Kons Jr. with the GT Vision imaging system at the American Entomological Institute. All structures are the natural three dimensional shape (not slide mounted) except for the juxta/anellus and abdominal cuticle (temporarily slide mounted for imaging).
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Adult
TX Jeff Davis County, Davis Mountains State Park, Limpia Canyon along Limpia Creek,
N 30°
36.046' W 103°
56.011', hydric-mesic canyon with cottonwoods through Trans Pecos desert, 10
June 2003, MV Sheet, Hugo L. Kons Jr. & Robert J. Borth.
Capsule (ventral with hairs and scales)
Capsule (ventral)
Capsule (dorsal)
Capsule (lateral with hairs and scales)
Capsule (lateral)
Valvae (inner)
Valvae (outer)
Valvae (ventral)
Valvae (ventral/inner)
Valvae (dorsal)
Valvae (dorsal/inner)
Juxta & Anellus (ventral, flattened on
slide)
Uncus & Tegumen
(lateral)
Uncus & Tegumen
(ventral)
Uncus (lateral)
Uncus (posterior)
Uncus apex (ventral)
Phallus
Phallus with vesica everted
Vesica (with hood above)
Vesica (lateral, with hood on bottom)
Vesica (with hood below)
Vesica (lateral, with hood on top)
Vesica (anterior side)
Ductus Ejaculatorius
Rectum and Intestine
Abdominal Tergites
(excluding terminal segment)
Abdominal Sternites
(excluding terminal segment)
Abdomen terminal segment (tergite on left, sternite on
right)
