Department of Zoology, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra-132 119 (India).
The internal organs of reproduction of four species of Conoderinae, viz., Conoderus nigripes Vats & Chauhan, Heteroderes farus Vats & Chauhan, H. tubularis Vats & Chauhan, and H. lenis Candeze have been described. In male, there is a pair of testis in H. lenis and a single median testis in other species. The latter is V-shaped in C. tubularis and C-shaped in C. nigripes and H. farus. There are numerous follicles in H. lenis, but only six in the remaining species. The seminal vesicle is present in C. nigripes and H. tubularis only. There are three pairs of accessory glands in C. nigripes and H. farus, four pairs in H. tubularis and five pairs in H. lenis. In female, there is a pair of ovaries which open into calyx apically in all the species except H. lenis in which these open into tubular lateral branches of calyx. The spermatheca is short filamentous in H. lenis and long, tubular and bifurcated in remaining species. The spermatheal duct is extremely long in H. lenis.
