comparison of the male copulatory organs (left) and sperm (right) of Bradynectes sterreri (A, B), Bradynectes carolinaensis nov. sp. (E, F), and Bradynectes robinhoodensis nov. sp. (G, H), with the specimens collected in our study (C, D, specimen MTP LS 165; and I, J, specimen MTP LS 180). (A, E, F, G, are drawn from micrographs and B, H are composites of drawings and description in Rieger (1971a)).
A. M. armigera (microphthalma?), copulation organ, Tvaerminne. B-I and L,N,O. M. kupelwieseri B Ekenaes, Dagmarkaellan, C Tvaerminne, 'Haesthagsdiket', D Tvaerminne, Langskaer, pond by a brook, E Kittilae, Sirkka, cold spring, F as in B, G (M. schmidtii) Helsingfors, Haga, small wood ditch, H tvaerminne, Braennskaer, pond, I Tvaerminne Kohagen (total length of the cuticular apparatus 135 micrometers) u) K (M. schmidtii) Tvaerminns, Haesthagen. L as in D. M M. microphtalma?, Tvaerminne, small ditch with flowing water 'Haesthagsdiket'. N. M. kupelwieseri Bursa copulatrix, found at same place as D, O egg from the same example as M.