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        Back to Platystoma seminationis: After
        mating the separation is initiated, mostly by the female. She lifts her
        ovipositor, including the male, steeply upward, while their bodies
        separate. Mostly, the male flies off first. 
         José's comment on this species: "I have observed Platystoma for many times, and I was able to watch many matings partly or completely. Each time, it is interesting again, and my idea is that in our own behaviour we resemble these flies much more than we like it".  | 
    
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Photographs by José Verkest, text by Maria Pfeifer  |