Kingdom Animalia Family Scutelleridae Rank Genus | Class Insecta Phylum Arthropoda Order True bugs | |
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Similar True bugs, Coleotichus blackburniae, Coptosoma, Dinidoridae, Urostylididae | ||
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Hotea is a genus of shield-backed bugs belonging to the family Scutelleridae.
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Species
Description
Male jewel bugs of the genus Hotea possess an unusually large, spiky, and heavily sclerotized genitalia. They are used in a mating practice known as traumatic insemination, a result of evolutionary sexual conflict. Male Hotea bugs tear through the female reproductive ducts to deposit sperm, inflicting substantial damage to the female in the process.
References
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