Fig. 13From: The male sexual apparatus in the order Scorpiones (Arachnida): a comparative study of functional morphology as a tool to define hypotheses of homologyMale reproductive apparatus of the genus Euscorpius Thorell, 1876. Hemispermatophore of Euscorpius cf. carpathicus (Linnaeus, 1767) (Croatia, MHNG) (a–c). Post-insemination spermatophore of Euscorpius italicus (Herbst, 1800) (Switzerland, Wallis, MHNG), in toto habitus (d–f) and details of the capsular region showing the inflated physema (g–k). Lateral (a, d, h), anterior (b, f), contra-lateral (c), and dorsal (e) aspects. Abbreviations: cf (capsular foramen), cls (crown-like structure), lh (lateral hook), ph (physema). Scales, 1 mm (a, g–k), 2 mm (d–f), 0.5 mm (b–c)Back to article page