Multiple choice

Traumatic insemination is the mating practice in some species of invertebrates in which the male pierces the female's abdomen with his penis and injects his sperm through the wound into her bloodstream. It is observed in which of the following organisms?

  1. Blue milkweed beetle

  2. Euryplatea nanaknihal

  3. Mantodea

  4. Cimex lectularius

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Explanation

Traumatic insemination is seen in Cimex lectularius (bed bug). The male stabs female with knife like penis and injects sperm directly into her bloodstream.