Melaloncha Brues (total of six photos of two mating events examined: Figure 9A,B)

The Melaloncha males have a considerably larger foretarsus than the female and in some species there is striking sexual dimorphism regarding general body colour (Figure 9B). In the two mating events examined, the females had their wings slightly lifted and angled in a ‘V’, and the males were touching the dorsum of the female abdomen with their enlarged foretarsi, possibly stimulating it (Figure 9A,B). The morphological variation of the male foretarsus among Melaloncha species is not fully studied, as most species are described based on female specimens, but in general the structural details are similar to those found in Stichillus (above).