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ArticleDie Naturwissenschaften2023

Are males just passive? Coupling mechanism of the Brazilian cave insects with inverted genitalia.

Zixin Cheng, Yoshitaka Kamimura, Rodrigo L Ferreira, Charles Lienhard, Kazunori Yoshizawa

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Article in Die Naturwissenschaften, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Zixin ChengSystematic Entomology, School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-8589, Japan. zixin@ihb.ac.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0984-5838
Yoshitaka KamimuraDepartment of Biology, Keio University, Yokohama, 223-8521, Japan.
Rodrigo L FerreiraDepartment of Ecology and Conservation, Federal University of Lavras, Lavras, MG, CEP 37200-900, Brazil.
Charles LienhardGeneva Natural History Museum, CP 6434, 1211, Geneva 6, Switzerland.
Kazunori YoshizawaSystematic Entomology, School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-8589, Japan. psocid@agr.hokudai.ac.jp.

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Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia da Criosfera 308334/2018-3Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 15H04409Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 19H03278Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 20J2088301
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Abstract

Species of the Brazilian cave barklouse genus Neotrogla (Psocodea: "Psocoptera": Trogiomorpha: Prionoglarididae: Sensitibillini) are known to have a "female penis (gynosome)" that functions as an intromittent organ inserted into the membranous pouches in the simple male genital chamber during copulation to receive semen. However, the functions of other male and female genital structures and the copulatory processes of Neotrogla were completely unknown to date. Based on µCT observation of the male and female postabdomen and connected muscles both before and in copula, we clarified the functions of the male and female genital structures. In addition, based on the analyses of the established 3D models, we concluded that precise and rigid contact of multiple genital structures, and step-by-step releases of each holding mechanism achieved by the cooperation of both sexes are involved in the copulatory processes. The coevolution between the male and female genital structures in Neotrogla may provide a new example for the evolution of tolerance traits.

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GenitaliaInsectaAnimalsBrazilCopulationFemaleGenitalia, MaleMaleNeopteraCopulatory processesGenitaliaMusclesSexual selection

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