The major sclerotized portion of the spermathecal apparatus in Phytoseiulus is an elongate calyxcalyx:
(= cervix) in phytoseioid Mesostigmata (Phytoseiidae, Blattisociidae, Otopheidomenidae, Podocinidae), a collar-like structure of the sperm access system which surrounds the base of the vesicle.
that is nearly tubular in in P. longipes, broadly funnel-shaped in P. fragariae and vase-shaped with a narrow neckneck:
(neck-like) a narrow constricted region joining the capitulum to the idiosoma.
-like middle region and a swollen basebase:
the usually columnar basal part of the tritosternum; sometimes expanded and rectangular or otherwise modified; the most basal part of any structure.
in P. macropilis and P. persimilis.
Author: David E. Walter
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