Mating process of Moechotypa diphysis A male expands the endophallus into the female ovipositor B male uses the maxillary palps to lick the female back, and the female carves grooves on branch C after copulation, the female lays eggs. Abbreviations: e, endophallus; mp, maxillary palps; mtng, manufacture the notch grooves; VIII, the eighth abdominal segment.

 
 
  Part of: Long D-W, Tong X (2025) Copulatory mechanism and genital coupling of the longhorn beetle Moechotypa diphysis (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae). ZooKeys 1234: 275-290. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1234.140491