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Agriculture · Q334

Agricultural Entomology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 334

Q334

Oviscapt is present in

A.
Water bug
B.
Water beetle
C.
Mayfly
D.
Housefly
Answer

Answer: Option D

Solution

Answer: Option D
Solution:
Oviscapt is present in Housefly.
In the house fly the terminal abdominal segments are telescopic and these telescopic segments aid in oviposition. The ovipositor of house fly is called pseudoovipositor or ovitubus or oviscapt.
Oviscapt pouches and epandrial posterior lobes were outlined and the area of their black duplicates was measured.