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Mating behavior of Parafontaria tonominea was recorded in the laboratory.Video starts about 2 minutes after putting one male and one female into the same cup. After a male creeps up the female's back and fixes a female's head by the mouth, it will be in a facing state. Then, a male inserts the gonopods into the female's gonopores, and delivers spermatophore. Copulation was continued for 1 hour or more.

(Data No.momo011109pt01b)

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