Female Neotrogla copulates while penetrating males

Ecologists involved in Brazilian cave speleology have discovered a new species of insect with an unusual sex life. The discovery was made by Rodrigo Ferreira (Federal University of Lauras, Brazil).

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• • How to distinguish females from males in glofish thorns

Netrogra is a fly-like insect with a body length of 3 mm that lives in the dry conditions of Brazilian caves and feeds on bats. This species of insect was discovered recently and is the only one known in the world today whose representatives have “opposite” genitals.

In biology, mating is a rare event that involves a female penetrating a male. For example, seascapes are still mating. However, only Neotrogla females have a clearly defined organ that can be characterized as a penis.

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How to distinguish females from males in glofish thorns

Neotrogla females are used to penetrate the male, a process called the penile formation process. After the female inserts such a process into the male”s body, the entire mating process takes 40-70 hours, during which sperm and nutrients are transferred from the male.

The female adapts to the male body from behind and attaches a penis-shaped appendage, similar to a vagina, to the male”s opening. As soon as the female dinosome is in the body of the male, spines appear from the gynoecium for rigid attachment to the body of the partner. These grips are so strong that when researchers tried to cut open the mating insect, the male”s innards were torn apart, releasing the female”s gynosomes. The female remained unharmed.

Scientists hypothesize that in cave environments with scarce resources, an abundant supply of seeds supports females in their struggle for sustainable reproduction.