Not only is this species new to science, but this remarkable individual is the first record of a rare biological phenomenon in this previously unknown species.
The title feels a bit misleading or perhaps poorly worded; the species doesn’t normally have the half male half female variant. I read the entire thing and it mentions males and females of the species but doesn’t focus a lot on this specific morph, because while rare, it’s not really the focus.
I was thinking this was some sort of parthenogenesis adaptation sort of thing, but no, just a mutant. Very cool to find one as the first example of a new species, though.
The title feels a bit misleading or perhaps poorly worded; the species doesn’t normally have the half male half female variant. I read the entire thing and it mentions males and females of the species but doesn’t focus a lot on this specific morph, because while rare, it’s not really the focus.
I was thinking this was some sort of parthenogenesis adaptation sort of thing, but no, just a mutant. Very cool to find one as the first example of a new species, though.