Agathemera crassa, (Blanchard 1851)

A. crassa (Blanchard 1851) View in CoL

(n=42) ( Fig. 5 View FIGURE 5 : c1,2)

The egg elongation expressed as the height/length ratio is 55 ± 3% and the lateral flattening as the width/height ratio is 88 ± 3%. The general egg shape is ellipsoidal, flattened towards the anterior pole (76.6 %) ( 10) or ovoid (21.4%) ( 11). The color of the capsule is black (73.8%) ( 21) or dark brown (26.2%).The micropylar plate is lanceolate shaped ( 40),smooth ( 50), with edges above the capsule plane ( 60), black as well as the rest of the capsule ( 71) and the internal micropylar plate is open ( 80). Opercular angle is -22.72 ±3.22°. The shape of the operculum is orbicular ( 90), its color is always the same than the rest of the capsule ( 101) and the texture is rugose ( 111).

Ultrastructure ( Fig. 7 View FIGURE 7 : c1,2): The capsule ultrastructure surface is cracked ( 121) as well as the micropylar plate ultrastructure surface ( 130), which also have lobulated edges. The micropylar cup has a veil ( 141) and the surface of the operculum is cracked ( 151).