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From: The male sexual apparatus in the order Scorpiones (Arachnida): a comparative study of functional morphology as a tool to define hypotheses of homology

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Hemispermatophore in toto, lateral aspect, groundplan. The four parts of the structure (stalk, stem, pedicel and capsule) are indicated for each of the four distantly related taxa, emphasizing the conserved pattern despite the variable proportions. a, Chaerilidae Pocock, 1893. b, Buthidae Koch, 1837. c, Chactidae Pocock, 1893. d, Hormuridae Laurie, 1896. Scales, 0.5 mm (a), 1 mm (c), 2 mm (d), 3 mm (b)

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Frontiers in Zoology

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