Fig. 4 in Sexual Characteristics in a Midwestern USA Population of Cotinis nitida Linnaeus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) and Consequences for Determining Gender

Fig. 4. Pubescence of the last abdominal sternite in Missourian Cotinis nitida. A. Typical female pattern of pubescence with hairs on the medial part of the sternite. B. Typical male pattern of pubescence with the medial part of the sternite smooth and hairless. C, D. Non-typical patterns of pubescence in the female. Absence of hairs on the medial part of the sternite resembles male secondary sex characteristics.