Micro-CT photograph of the 3D reconstruction of the coupled male and female A. obtectus genitalia, fixed during copulation. The spermatophore had not yet completely filled the bursa copulatrix at the time of fixation a the outer tube of the ovipositor covers the inner tube and the vagina b all components of the female genital tract except the spermatheca removed to show the shape and the extension of the everted endophallus.

 
 
  Part of: Schmitt M, Neumann A, Lin S-W (2023) Anatomy of male and female genitalia of Acanthoscelides obtectus (Say, 1831) (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Bruchinae) in interaction. In: Chaboo CS, Schmitt M (Eds) Research on Chrysomelidae 9. ZooKeys 1177: 75-85. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1177.101621