| female-specific specialization of a posterior end region of the midgut symbiotic organ in plautia splendens and allied stinkbugs. | many stinkbugs (insecta: hemiptera: heteroptera) are associated with bacterial symbionts in a posterior region of the midgut. in these stinkbugs, adult females excrete symbiont-containing materials from the anus for transmission of the beneficial symbionts to their offspring. for ensuring the vertical symbiont transmission, a variety of female-specific elaborate traits at the cellular, morphological, developmental, and behavioral levels have been reported from diverse stinkbugs of the families p ... | 2015 | 25636847 |