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Fig. 6

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. 6

Hemispermatophores of Buthidae Koch, 1837. Babycurus buettneri Karsch, 1886 (Cameroon, Ebogo, MHNG) (a–d) and Hottentotta jayakari (Pocock, 1895) (United Arab Emirates, Wadi Wurrayah, MHNG) (e–h). Lateral (a, b, e, f), anterior (c, g) and contra-lateral (d, h) aspects. Abbreviations: bc (basal carina), bh (basal hook), cf (capsular foramen), sdm (sperm duct membrane). Arrows show the sperm duct membrane overlapping the basal carina. Scales, 2 mm (a), 0.5 mm (b–d), 3 mm (e), 1 mm (f–h)

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