Open AccessThe Tropisms Effecting Copulation in the Bed Bug
Author(s) -
E. Rivnay
Publication year - 1933
Publication title -
psyche a journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.168
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1687-7438
pISSN - 0033-2615
DOI - 10.1155/1933/68368
Subject(s) - vagina , insect , biology , zoology , communication , anatomy , ecology , psychology
The fact that the female of the bed bug has a special asymmetrical opening for the reception of the male copulatory organs, rather than the ordinary vagina, makes this study extremely interesting. It is astonishing that this fact escaped the attention of early investigators and that the copulatory organs of so well-known an insect were unknown until comparatively recent years. A complete and detailed description of copulation in bed bugs was pub-
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