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Fig. 10

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

Fig. 10

Male reproductive apparatus of Uroctoninae Mello-Leitão, 1934 (Chactidae Pocock, 1893). Hemispermatophore of Anuroctonus cf. phaiodactylus (Wood, 1863) (USA, FKPC) (a–c). Post-insemination spermatophore of Anuroctonus pococki Soleglad & Fet, 2004 (USA, Riverside County, MHNG) (d–g). Lateral (a, e, f), anterior (b, g), contra-lateral (c), and dorsal (d) aspects. The full arrow indicates the site and direction of semen expulsion. Abbreviations: cf (capsular foramen), lh (lateral hook). Scales, 2 mm (a, d–g), 1 mm (b–c)

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