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From: A new kind of auxiliary heart in insects: functional morphology and neuronal control of the accessory pulsatile organs of the cricket ovipositor

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Location of the ovipositor pulsatile organs in the abdominal apex. (A) Ventral view (subgenital plate removed): the distally strongly sclerotized paired gonapophyses 8 (ga8) have proximally an extensive area of thin and flexible cuticle. The distinct bulges at their basal articulation represent the ovipositor pulsatile organs 8 (opo8). (B) Lateral view (subgenital plate removed): the ovipositor shaft consists of the ga8 and the lateral gonapophysis 9 (ga9l); opo8 form protruding bulges. (C) Volume rendering of microCT data in lateral view showing spatial relationship of opo8 and opo9 to the anterior and posterior intervalvular sclerites (aiv, piv) and some larger muscles (numbering follows[19]). Scale bar: 500 μm. Further abbreviations: ce, cercus; sgp, subgenital plate; st7, sternite of the 7th abdominal segment.

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