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Morphological Differences of the Flight Muscle among Xylocopa appendiculata circumvolans Smith, Davidins lunatus B. and Serrognathus platymelus castanicdor M.  

Moon, Hye-Jung (Department of Biology, Yeungnam University)
Ban, Young-Hun (Department of Biology, Yeungnam University)
Cho, Hyun-Gug (Department of Visual Optics, Kyungwoon University)
Park, Won-Hark (Department of Biology, Yeungnam University)
Lee, Jong-Wook (Department of Biology, Yeungnam University)
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Applied Microscopy / v.32, no.3, 2002 , pp. 291-301 More about this Journal
Abstract
The present study was performed to compare the morphological differences of flight muscles among 3 species from insects (Xylocopa appendiculata circumvolans Smith, Davidins lunatus B. and Serrognathus platymelus castanicdor M.) by investigating ultrastructural observation and stereological analysis. Xylocopa appendiculata circumvolans Smith has the most flight hours. In addition, the number and arrangement of mitochondria and the structure of sarcomere were similar to those of vertebrates. However sarcomere structure of Davidins lunatus B. was irregular and the sarcomere length was longer than that of Xylocopa appendiculata circumvolans Smith. In Serrognathus platymelus castanicdor M. which has the least flight hours, the length of sarcomere appeared longer than that of Davidins lunatus B. In results of stereological analysis, Serrognathus platymelus castanicdor M. had the highest volume density of myofibrils in all species. The volume and numerical density of mitochondria and the volume density of sarcoplasmic reticulum were highest Xylocopa appendiculata circumvolans Smith and Davidins lunatus B. respectively. This study suggests that the flight hours and flight pattern by different ecological habitats may cause the morphological changes of flight muscle.
Keywords
Flight muscle; Sarcomere; Stereological analysis;
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