Six newly discovered beetle species include one with bottle-opener shaped genitalia (phys.org)

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Researchers often use the genitalia of insects to differentiate species, since they are a reliable signature of a species uniqueness. A newly discovered beetle has been found to have genitalia that look remarkably similar to a bottle opener.

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[-] liv@beehaw.org 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Another way of looking at it is bottle openers look remarkably similar to beetle genitalia.

I think the beetles were here first.

[-] kittenroar@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

That is a very good point. Cheers!

[-] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago

Sounds like a beertle to me ...

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