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Parthenogenesis in aphids is well-known, but there's a rarer variant of it seen in certain insects. Called gynogenesis, the sperm is required for reproduction in this case, but only to "activate" the egg - no genetic material from the sperm is used (plants also have a similar mode of reproduction. A single species reproduces entirely using genetic material of sperm only. ) An example is the all-female Ptinus clavipes mobilis, which needs to mate with a P. clavipes male to reproduce.