Agathemera mesoauriculae, (Camousseight 1995)

A. mesoauriculae ( Camousseight 1995) View in CoL

(n=16) ( Fig. 6 View FIGURE 6 : c1,2)

The egg elongation expressed as the height/length ratio is 59 ± 2% and the lateral flattening as the width/height ratio is 86 ± 4%. The general shape of the egg is ovoid ( 11). Capsule black colored ( 21), with rugosities irregularly distributed ( 32). The micropylar plate is ensiform shaped ( 42), rugose ( 52), with edges above the capsule plane ( 60), black colored as the rest of the capsule ( 70) and internal micropylar plate closed ( 81). Opercular angle is -22.77 ±3.58°. The operculum shape is orbicular ( 90), black colored ( 101), and rugose ( 111).

Ultrastructure ( Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8 : c1,2): The capsule ultrastructure surface is trabeculated ( 122) and the micropylar plate ultrastructure surface is cracked ( 130). Micropylar cup with veil ( 141) and the opercular ultrastructure is trabeculated as the rest of the capsule ( 152).