Co-evolution of the mating position and male genitalia in insects: a case study of a hangingfly.
Hangingflies are unique for the male providing a nuptial gift to the female during mating and taking a face-to-face hanging copulation with the female. Their male genitalia are peculiar for an extremely elongated penisfilum, a pair of well-developed epandrial lobes (9th tergum), and a pair of degene...
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Autores principales: | Qionghua Gao, Baozhen Hua |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://doaj.org/article/e796b69039bf4b53907eb8978905c07a |
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