Agathemera grylloidea, (Westwood 1859)

A. grylloidea (Westwood 1859) View in CoL

(n=37) ( Fig. 6 View FIGURE 6 : a1,2)

The egg elongation expressed as the height/length ratio is 60 ± 5% and the lateral flattening as the width/height ratio is 85 ± 4%. The general shape of the egg is ovoid (68%) ( 11) or ellipsoidal with the anterior pole flattened (32%) ( 11). The capsule is brown ( 20) and rugose ( 32).The micropylar plate is acuminate shaped (68%) ( 41) or lanceolate (32%) ( 40), rugose ( 52),with edges above the plane of the capsule ( 60),brown colored ( 70) and the internal micropylar plate is closed ( 81). Opercular angle is -16 ± 0.5°. The operculum has an orbicular shape ( 90), brown color ( 100) and its texture is highly rugose and distributed uniformly along the opercular surface ( 111).

Ultrastructure ( Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8 : a1,2): The capsule ultrastructure surface is rugose ( 123), as well as the micropylar plate ultrastructure surface ( 131). The micropylar cup has a veil ( 141). The ultrastructure surface of the operculum is rugose ( 153).