First Report of Necrophilia in the Form of Necrocoitus among Insects, Involving Two Male Cryptotympana atrata (Fabricius, 1775) Cicadas

SIMPLE SUMMARY: It has been reported that members from all vertebrate classes occasionally attempt copulations with dead male or female individuals, but until now no reliable report exists that insects too may show such necrophilic behaviour. We observed and described how a male cicada from Jinxiu t...

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Autores principales: Wang, Ji-Shen, Meyer-Rochow, Victor Benno
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7824219/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33396260
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects12010020

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7824219/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33396260
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects12010020

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