RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The National Institute of Biodiversity (Inabio) of Ecuador announced on Monday (30) the discovery of the first case of an androgynous bee, with morphological characteristics of both sexes: half female, half male.
Researchers from Inabio and the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia (INPA, Brazil) reported this first case of "gynandromorphism" in the orchid bee (Eulaema meriana), found in a sector of the province of Los Rios, in the tropical region of southeastern Ecuador.
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