Figs. 36–40 in Oocytes, Eggs, and Ovarioles of Some Long-Tongued Bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea)

Figs. 36–40. Mature oocytes of Parammobatodes rozeni. 36. Macrophotograph of two oocytes, various views, and operculum of reabsorbed oocyte. 37. SEM micrograph of entire oocyte, lateral view, anterior end facing left. Much of midchorion torn away revealing transverse folds of ovum. 38. SEM micrograph of operculum, maximum outline, showing micropyle with single pore near anterior margin. 39, 40. SEM micrographs of opercula of reabsorbed oocytes, exterior and interior views, respectively, anterior ends toward top of page.