whereas the role played by other factors, such as ecological variation, is less often studied (Langerhans et al., 2016). One reason for this bias in effort might be the typical assumption that male genitalia do not interact much with the surrounding environment-and therefore would not be expected to show much of an ecological signature. That is, male genitalia tend to be small or are usually hidden away (for a review, see
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