The genital capsule in males of Cicindelidia carthagena carthagena (Dejean, 1831) (Coleoptera: Adephaga: Cicindelidae) observations on the internal abdominal sclerites, “the genital urite” and their possible use in systematics and taxonomy

Abstract

Male specimens of Cicindelidia carthagena carthagena (Dejean, 1831) were dissected to describe in detail the structures that make up the male terminalia, with a particular focus on the interior abdominal segments corresponding to the sternite VIII, tergite VIII and tergite IX, a group called genital urite. Likewise, descriptions are made of the tissues found in the genital complex. For comparison, the segments that form the urite in other representatives of Cicindelidae with differences in the phylogenetic position of the group were reviewed (Cicindela campestris Linné, 1758, Tricondyla aptera (Olivier, 1790), Tetracha cyanides (Bates, 1881) and Manticora latipennis Waterhouse, 1837). In addition, specimens of the Carabidae s.l. family were dissected to contrast morphological differences.