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The males may also be identified via copulatory suckers and paired posterior lobes.

The males may also be identified via copulatory suckers and paired posterior lobes.

The males attach to deutonymphs (second moult after larval stage) in a process called '''copula'''. The males then remain in copula until the females moult for the final time. Copulation then occurs.

The males attach to female tritonymphs, sometimes protonymphs, in a process called '''copula'''. The males then remain in copula until the females moult for the final time. Copulation then occurs.

==Life Cycle==

==Life Cycle==