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What is the name of the sexual organ of male insects?

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avc, 10.07.2006 11:49

Is it possible to use the terms "phallus" or "penis"when talking about insects? Or is it just about animals?

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10.07.2006 13:49, Bad Den

"Penis" - you can. In beetles, the entire copulatory organ is called the aedeagus.

"Phallus" - if only about a person smile.gif

10.07.2006 14:22, daniil naumoff

Is it possible to use ... when talking about insects ? Or is it just about animals?


How long ago did insects stop being animals??? confused.gif

11.07.2006 16:33, Chromocenter

""Penis" - you can. In beetles, the entire copulatory organ is called the aedeagus."
And there seems to be a lot of appendages there... So what about the penis?

11.07.2006 21:03, Bad Den

The edeagus consists of 3 parts: the penis (medial part), the tegmen (often divided into a basal part (phallobase) and parameres attached to the basal part), and the inner sac (endophallus).
See figure (BP-basal part, PE-penis, P-parameres, endophallus not shown)
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