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accessory genitalia

A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | 232 words | Copyright

accessory genitalia (secondary genitalia) Organ of intromission, present only in the males of the order Odonata. It is situated on the sternites of the second and third abdominal segments. It has no homologues in the animal kingdom.

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